夕陽

See also: 夕阳

Chinese

		dusk; evening	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (夕陽)		夕	陽
simp. (夕阳)		夕	阳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīyáng, xìyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ joeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si̍t-yòng
Min Nan (POJ): si̍t-iông / se̍k-iông / se̍k-iâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Pinyin: xīyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
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    夕陽／夕阳
    西洋
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: xìyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
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    細陽／细阳
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik⁶ joeng⁴
  - Yale: jihk yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ yêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² jœ̽ːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xid iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁶ yong²
  - IPA: /ɕit̚⁵ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xid (r)iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁶ yong²
  - IPA: /ɕit̚⁵ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-iông
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sid'ioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iông
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seg'ioong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iâng
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-iâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seg'iaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iaŋ¹³/

Noun

夕陽

setting sun; sunset
- 夕陽已去，皎月方來。 [MSC, trad.]
  夕阳已去，皎月方来。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 朱自清《槳聲燈影裡的秦淮河》
  Xīyáng yǐ qù, jiǎoyuè fāng lái. [Pinyin]
  The sun had set and the bright moon had rose.
(figuratively) old age
(literary, by extension) western side of a mountain or hill (the side that faces the setting sun)

Synonyms

(setting sun): (Min Nan) 西照日

Adjective

夕陽

(attributive) declining; waning

Derived terms

夕陽西下／夕阳西下 (xīyángxīxià)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夕	陽
ゆう Grade: 1	ひ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

夕日

Noun

夕陽 (hiragana ゆうひ, rōmaji yūhi)

the setting sun

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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