日上三竿

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	three	pole
trad. (日上三竿)		日	上	三	竿
simp. ^#(日上三竿)		日	上	三	竿
alternative forms		日曬三杆日高三丈日出三竿三竿日上
Literally: “when the sun has already risen to as high as three poles stacked up”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rìshàngsāngān

(Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄙㄢㄍㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ soeng⁵ saam¹ gon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rìshàngsāngān
  - Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄙㄢㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rìhshàngsangan
  - Wade–Giles: jih⁴-shang⁴-san¹-kan¹
  - Yale: r̀-shàng-sān-gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhshanqsangan
  - Palladius: жишансаньгань (žišansanʹganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat⁶ soeng⁵ saam¹ gon¹
  - Yale: yaht séuhng sāam gōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ soeng⁵ saam¹ gon¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ sêng⁵ sam¹ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² sœːŋ¹³ saːm⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

日上三竿

late in the day

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 黃朝百晏／黄朝百晏 (wong⁴ ziu¹ baak³ aan³)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.