日中

Chinese

Etymology 1

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation


Noun

日中

  1. (literary or dialectal) noon
  2. (literary) equinox
  3. (Min Dong, Jianyang Min Bei) daytime
Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Antonyms
  • (Min Dong: day): 暝晡 (“night”)
Derived terms
  • 如日中天 (rúrìzhōngtiān)
  • 日中則昃日中则昃
  • 日中則移日中则移
  • 日中必彗

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

日中

  1. Japan and China; (attributive) Japanese-Chinese

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
にち > にっ
Grade: 1
ちゅう
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

(Japan) + (China) or blend of (Nihon, Nippon, Japan) + (Chūgoku, China)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っちゅう [níꜜtchùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟it̚t͡ɕɨᵝː]

Proper noun

(にっ)(ちゅう) • (Nitchū) 

  1. (chiefly attributive) Japan and China
    Synonyms: 日華 (Nikka), 中日 (Chūnichi)
    (にっ)(ちゅう)(かん)(けい)
    Nitchū kankei
    Sino-Japanese relations
    (にっ)(ちゅう)(きょう)(どう)(せい)(めい)
    Nitchū Kyōdō Seimei
    the Japan–China Joint Communiqué
    (にっ)(ちゅう)(けい)(ざい)(きょう)(かい)
    Nitchū Keizai Kyōkai
    the Japan-China Economic Association

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
にち > にっ
Grade: 1
ちゅう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Sinitic Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Date of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っちゅう [nìtchúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟it̚t͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

(にっ)(ちゅう) • (nitchū) 

  1. the daytime, during the day
  2. noon, midday
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • (にっ)(ちゅう)(ぎょう)() (nitchū gyōji): a daytime event

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
なか
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of (hi, day) + (naka, middle).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なか [hìnáká] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çina̠ka̠]

Noun

()(なか) • (hinaka) 

  1. the daytime, during the day
  2. a half day, half of a day
Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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