日日

See also: 日々

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (日日)		日	日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rìrì

(Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ jat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngit-ngit
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ji̍t-ji̍t / li̍t-li̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): rig⁸ rig⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rìrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄖˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhryh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat⁶ jat⁶
  - Yale: yaht yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ yed⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² jɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-ngit
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngid` ngid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngid⁵ ngid⁵
  - IPA: /ɲit̚² ɲit̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-ji̍t
  - Tâi-lô: ji̍t-ji̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jidjit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑit̚⁴⁻³² ʑit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-li̍t
  - Tâi-lô: li̍t-li̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lidlit
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² lit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: rig⁸ rig⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍k ji̍k
  - IPA ^(key): /d͡zik̚⁴⁻² d͡zik̚⁴/

Adverb

日日

(literary or Cantonese) daily; every day; day by day

Synonyms

每天 (měitiān)
每日 (měirì)
天天 (tiāntiān)
(Min Nan) 逐日, 逐工, 排日

Derived terms

日日夜夜 (rìrìyèyè)

日日如是 (rìrìrúshì)

Japanese

Alternative forms

日々 (using the ditto mark 々 for the duplicated character)

Etymology 1

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

Reduplication of 日 (hi, “sun; day”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

This is generally the most common reading for this kanji compound.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひび [híꜜbì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [çibʲi]

Adverb

日日 (hiragana ひび, rōmaji hibi)

day by day
日 (ひ)日 (び)暑 (あつ)くなるね。
Hibi atsuku naru ne.
It's getting hotter day by day, isn't it.

Synonyms

毎日 (まいにち) (mainichi)
日毎 (ひごと) (higoto) (when followed by adverbial particle に (ni))
日 (ひ)に日 (ひ)に (hinihini)

Noun

日日 (hiragana ひび, rōmaji hibi)

every day, daily
日 (ひ)日 (び)の御 (ご)飯 (はん)
hibi no gohan
one's daily meals

Idioms

日 (ひ)日 (び)是好日 (これこうじつ) (hibi kore kōjitsu, “day in, day out, these are good days”)
日 (ひ)日 (び)に新 (あら)たなり (hibi ni arata nari, “every day is a new day”)

Synonyms

毎日 (まいにち) (mainichi)
日毎 (ひごと) (higoto)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
日	日
にち Grade: 1	にち Grade: 1
on’yomi

Reduplication of 日 (nichi, “sun; day”), using the on'yomi pronunciation.

This is a less-common reading for this kanji compound.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) にちにち [nìchíníchí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕiɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Adverb

日日 (hiragana にちにち, rōmaji nichinichi)

day by day

Synonyms

毎日 (まいにち) (mainichi)
日毎 (ひごと) (higoto) (when followed by adverbial particle に (ni))
日 (ひ)に日 (ひ)に (hinihini)

Noun

日日 (hiragana にちにち, rōmaji nichinichi)

every day, daily

Idioms

日日 (にちにち)是好日 (これこうじつ) (nichinichi kore kōjitsu, “day in, day out, these are good days”)

Derived terms

日日花 (にちにちか) (nichinichika): Catharanthus roseus: Madagascar periwinkle, rosy periwinkle
日日草 (にちにちそう) (nichinichisō): Catharanthus roseus: Madagascar periwinkle, rosy periwinkle

Synonyms

毎日 (まいにち) (mainichi)
日毎 (ひごと) (higoto)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
日	日
ひ Grade: 1	にち Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Compound of 日 (hi, “sun; day”, using the native Japanese reading) +‎ 日 (nichi, “sun; day”, using the Chinese-derived reading).

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) ひにち [hìníchí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [çiɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Noun

日日 (hiragana ひにち, rōmaji hinichi)

a specific date
日日 (ひにち)を決 (き)める
hinichi o kimeru
to set a date
days
骨折 (こっせつ)が直 (なお)るまでどのくらい日日 (ひにち)が掛 (か)かったの？
Kossetsu ga naoru made dono kurai hinichi ga kakatta no?
How many days did it take for your broken bone to heal?

Usage notes

Often spelled 日にち to avoid ambiguity.

Synonyms

(date): 日 (ひ)取 (ど)り (hidori), 期日 (きじつ) (kijitsu)
(days): 日 (にっ)数 (すう) (nissū), 日数 (ひかず) (hikazu)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN