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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píngrì

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ jat⁶, ping⁴ jat^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): pêng-li̍t / pêng-ji̍t

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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-li̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-li̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: penglit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-ji̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-ji̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pengjit
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ ʑit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡ʑit̚¹²¹/

Noun

平日

ordinary days (as opposed to holidays)

Adverb

平日

ordinarily; usually
- 太后以先帝左右，待之有恩，平日尚無惡言，今反若此，不合人情。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  太后以先帝左右，待之有恩，平日尚无恶言，今反若此，不合人情。 [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 example)

Synonyms

Synonyms of 平日

一般 (yībān)
平常 (píngcháng)
平素 (píngsù) (literary)
素常 (sùcháng) (literary)
素日 (sùrì) (literary)

通常 (tōngcháng)
平常時／平常时 (Min Nan)
平時／平时 (píngshí)
素常時／素常时 (Min Nan)
閒常／闲常 (xiáncháng)

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

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) ひらび [hìráꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
(Tokyo) ひらび [hìrábí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [çiɾa̠bʲi]

Noun

平(ひら)日(び) • (hirabi)

a weekday, an ordinary day
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 bˠiæŋ ȵiɪt̚).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

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

Noun

平(へい)日(じつ) • (heijitsu)

a habit, an ordinary
Synonyms: 常日頃 (tsunahi-goro); 不断, 普段 (fudan); 平生 (heizei); 平素 (heiso)
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

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

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