平日

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)
平 日

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 平 日
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 庚 (111) 質 (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 符兵切 人質切
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

  1. ordinary days (as opposed to holidays)

Adverb

平日

  1. ordinarily; usually

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
平 日
ひら
Grade: 3
ひ > び
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 平(ひら) (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). The hi of 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

平(ひら)日(び) • (hirabi) 

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
平 日
へい
Grade: 3
じつ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 平日 (MC bjaeng nyit).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) へーじつ [hèéjítsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [he̞ːʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

平(へい)日(じつ) • (heijitsu) 

  1. a habit, an ordinary
    Synonyms: 常日頃 (tsunahi-goro); 不断, 普段 (fudan); 平生 (heizei); 平素 (heiso)
  2. a weekday, an ordinary day
    Synonyms: 週日 (shūjitsu), ウイークデー (uīkudē)
    Antonyms: 休日 (kyūjitsu), 週末 (shūmatsu), ウイークエンド (uīkuendo)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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