日中

日中

1. Japan-China; Japanese-Chinese

日中

1. (literary) noon
2. (Min Dong) daytime

• (Min Dong: day): 暝晡 (“night”)

Abbreviated compound of 日 (Nichi, first character of 日本, Nippon, “Japan”) +‎ 中 (Chū, first character of 中国, Chūgoku, “China”).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) に​っちゅう [níꜜtchùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it̚t͡ɕɨᵝː]

日中 (hiragana にっちゅう, rōmaji Nitchū)

1. Japan-China, Japanese-Chinese, Sino-Japanese

• 中日 (ちゅうにち) (Chūnichi)

• 日中戦争 (にっちゅうせんそう, Nitchū Sensō): the Second Sino-Japanese War

  The First Sino-Japanese War is known in Japanese as the 日清戦争 (Nisshin Sensō, “Japan-Qing War”).

From Sinitic 日中. Date of borrowing unknown.

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) にっちゅう [nìtchúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it̚t͡ɕɨᵝː]

日中 (hiragana にっちゅう, rōmaji nitchū)

1. the daytime, during the day
2. noon, midday

• (daytime): 昼間 (ひるま) (hiruma)
• (daytime): 白昼 (はくちゅう) (hakuchū)
• (noon): 正 (しょう)午 (ご) (shōgo)

• 日 (にっ)中 (ちゅう)行 (ぎょう)事 (じ) (nitchū gyōji): a daytime event

Compound of 日 (hi, “day”) +‎ 中 (naka, “middle”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひなか [hìnáká] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [çina̠ka̠]

日中 (hiragana ひなか, rōmaji hinaka)

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

• (daytime): 昼間 (ひるま) (hiruma)
• (daytime): 白昼 (はくちゅう) (hakuchū)
• (half day): 半日 (はんじつ) (hanjitsu)