中日

Chinese

		China	Japan
simp. and trad. (中日)		中	日
anagram		日中

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōng-Rì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōng-Rì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongrìh
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-jih⁴
  - Yale: Jūng-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongryh
  - Palladius: Чжунжи (Čžunži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zung¹ jat⁶
  - Yale: jūng yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    中日
    終日 / 终日

Noun

中日

China and Japan
中日關係／中日关系 ― Zhōng-Rì guānxì ― China–Japan relations

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
中	日
ちゅう Grade: 1	にち Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 中日 (MC trjuwng nyit).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうにち [chúꜜùnìchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) ちゅうにち [chùúníchí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Noun

中(ちゅう)日(にち) • (chūnichi)

central Japan
中(ちゅう)日(にち)新(しん)聞(ぶん)
Chūnichi Shinbun
Chunichi Shimbun
(literally, “Central Japan Newspaper”)
China and Japan, Sino-Japanese
the day of an equinox
the middle day

Synonyms

(China and Japan): 日中(にっちゅう) (nitchū)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
中	日
なか Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From 中(なか) (naka, “the middle, center”) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なかび [nàkáꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [na̠ka̠bʲi]

Noun

中(なか)日(び) • (nakabi)

the middle day

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN