曜日

Chinese

		dazzle; glorious	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (曜日)		曜	日
anagram		日曜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàorì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàorì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawryh
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

Adjective

曜日

(obsolete, of sunshine) shining; bright

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曜	日
よう Grade: 2	ひ > び Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Back-formation of 月曜日 (げつようび) (getsuyōbi), 火 (か)曜 (よう)日 (び) (kayōbi), etc.

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) よーび [yòóbí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [jo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

曜日 (hiragana ようび, rōmaji yōbi, historical hiragana えうび)

day of the week

Derived terms

何曜日

Related terms

(days of the week) 曜 (よう)日 (び) (yōbi); 日 (にち)曜 (よう)日 (び) (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月 (げつ)曜 (よう)日 (び) (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火 (か)曜 (よう)日 (び) (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水 (すい)曜 (よう)日 (び) (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木 (もく)曜 (よう)日 (び) (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金 (きん)曜 (よう)日 (び) (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土 (ど)曜 (よう)日 (び) (doyōbi, “Saturday”) ^{(Category: ja:Days of the week)}

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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