平日へいじつ

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (平日へいじつ)		平ひらた	日ひ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ jat⁶ / ping⁴ jat^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-li̍t / pêng-ji̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngrìh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-jih⁴
    • Yale: píng-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngryh
    • Palladius: пинжи (pinži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ jat⁶ / ping⁴ jat^6-2
    • Yale: pìhng yaht / pìhng yát
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ jat⁹ / ping⁴ jat^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ yed⁶ / ping⁴ yed^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚²/, /pʰɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: penglit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengjit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ zit̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjaeng nyit

Rime
Character	平ひらた	日ひ
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	並なみ (3)	日ひ (38)
Final (韻いん)	庚かのえ (111)	質しつ (48)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	符ふ兵へい切きり	人ひと質しつ切きり
Baxter	bjaeng	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiæŋ/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiaŋ/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biaŋ/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajŋ/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/biɐŋ/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭɐŋ/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɐŋ/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping4	jat6

Noun

平日へいじつ

1. ordinary days (as opposed to holidays)

Adverb

平日へいじつ

1. ordinarily; usually

   • 太ふとし后きさき以先帝せんてい左右さゆう，待まち之これ有ゆう恩おん，平日へいじつ尚なお無む惡あく言げん，今いま反はん若わか此，不ふ合ごう人ひと情じょう。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     太ふとし后きさき以先帝せんてい左右さゆう，待まち之これ有ゆう恩おん，平日へいじつ尚なお无恶言，今いま反はん若わか此，不ふ合ごう人ひと情じょう。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Tàihòu yǐ xiāndì zuǒyòu, dài zhī yǒu ēn, píngrì shàng wú èyán, jīn fǎn ruòcǐ, bùhé rén qíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 一般いっぱん (yībān)
• 常時じょうじ／常つね时 (chángshí)
• 平常へいじょう (píngcháng)
• 平常へいじょう時とき／平常へいじょう时 (Hokkien)
• 平時へいじ／平ひら时 (píngshí)
• 平素へいそ (píngsù) (literary)
• 素す常つね (sùcháng) (literary)
• 素もと常時じょうじ／素もと常つね时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 素もと日び (sùrì) (literary)
• 通常つうじょう (tōngcháng)
• 閒あいだ常つね／闲常 (xiáncháng)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
平ひらた	日ひ
ひら Grade: 3	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 平ひらた(ひら) (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日ひ(ひ) (hi, “day”). The hi of 日ひ changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁れんだく).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひらび [hìráꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ひらび [hìrábí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çiɾa̠bʲi]

Noun

平ひらた(ひら)日ひ(び) • (hirabi) 

1. a weekday, an ordinary day
2. the "say" radical (曰), literally "the flat 日ひ (hi, “sun, day”) radical"

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
平ひらた	日ひ
へい Grade: 3	じつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 平日へいじつ (MC bjaeng nyit).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へーじつ [hèéjítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ːʑit͡sɨ]

Noun

平ひらた(へい)日ひ(じつ) • (heijitsu) 

1. a habit, an ordinary

   Synonyms: 常つね日頃ひごろ (tsunahi-goro); 不断ふだん, 普段ふだん (fudan); 平生へいぜい (heizei); 平素へいそ (heiso)

2. a weekday, an ordinary day

   Synonyms: 週日しゅうじつ (shūjitsu), ウイークデー (uīkudē)

   Antonyms: 休日きゅうじつ (kyūjitsu), 週末しゅうまつ (shūmatsu), ウイークエンド (uīkuendo)