日頭

日頭

1. (literary or dialectal) sun

   • 休即未能休，且待三更見日頭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     休即未能休，且待三更见日头。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, anonymous, 敦煌曲子詞《菩薩蠻》

     Xiū jí wèi néng xiū, qiě dài sāngēng jiàn rìtóu. [Pinyin]

     [I want to] rest but cannot rest, and [I] wait for the sun to appear in the third watch.

   • 就是徼倖的這一年，正月初一日，我夢見在一個極高的山上，天上的日頭，不差不錯，端端正正掉了下來，壓在我頭上，驚出一身的汗；醒了摸一摸頭，就像還有些熱。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     就是徼幸的这一年，正月初一日，我梦见在一个极高的山上，天上的日头，不差不错，端端正正掉了下来，压在我头上，惊出一身的汗；醒了摸一摸头，就像还有些热。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Jiùshì jiǎoxìng de zhè yī nián, zhēngyuè chūyī rì, wǒ mèngjiàn zài yī ge jí gāo de shān shang, tiānshàng de rìtou, bùchābùcuò, duānduānzhèngzhèng diào le xiàlái, yā zài wǒ tóu shang, jīng chū yī shēn de hàn; xǐng le mō yī mō tóu, jiù xiàng hái yǒu xiē rè. [Pinyin]

     It just so happened that this year on New Year's Day, I dreamed that on a very high mountain, the sun in the sky was right above me, but it fell down on my head, and I sweated with fright. When I woke up, I rubbed my head, and it still seemed a little hot.

   • 這樣就可以作你們天父的兒子；因為他叫日頭照好人，也照歹人；降雨給義人，也給不義的人。 [MSC, trad.]
     这样就可以作你们天父的儿子；因为他叫日头照好人，也照歹人；降雨给义人，也给不义的人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 5:45

     Zhèyàng jiù kěyǐ zuò nǐmen Tiānfù de érzi; yīnwèi tā jiào rìtou zhào hǎorén, yě zhào dǎirén; jiàngyǔ gěi yìrén, yě gěi bùyì de rén. [Pinyin]

     That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

   • 透中晝日頭赤炎炎　無穿鞋踏置黏仔膠 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     透中昼日头赤炎炎　无穿鞋踏置黏仔胶 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2008, 詹雅雯, 罔市仔

     thàu-tiong-tàu ji̍t-thâu chhiah-iāⁿ-iāⁿ, bô chhēng ê ta̍h tī tiám-má-ka [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     At noon, when the sun is scorching, [she] steps on the asphalt without shoes on

2. (dialectal Hakka, Huizhou, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) sunlight
3. (Central Plains Mandarin, Cantonese, Longyan Min, Chaoyang Teochew, Zhongshan Min, Hainanese, dialectal Wu) daytime

   • 佢夜晚同埋我哋係好似日頭一樣、我哋出外好似喺屋𨀣一樣、佢嘅眼唔瞓。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢夜晚同埋我哋系好似日头一样、我哋出外好似喺屋𨀣一样、佢嘅眼唔𰥛。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1894, James Dyer Ball, Readings in Cantonese Colloquial, page 62

     keoi⁵ je⁶ maan⁵ tung⁴ maai⁴ ngo⁵ dei⁶ hai⁶ hou² ci⁵ jat⁶ tau^4-2 jat¹ joeng⁶, ngo⁵ dei⁶ ceot¹ ngoi⁶ hou² ci⁵ hai² uk¹ kei² jat¹ joeng⁶, keoi⁵ ge³ ngaan⁵ m⁴ fan³. [Jyutping]

     He is present with us at night the same as during the day. Whether at home or abroad, it is all the same: his eye does not sleep.

   • 佢夜晚瞓覺，日頭起身，種子發芽生長，點解會噉樣，佢唔知。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢夜晚𰥛觉，日头起身，种子发芽生长，点解会噉样，佢唔知。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2006, 聖經——新廣東話 (The Holy Bible—New Cantonese Bible), 馬可福音 (Mark) 4:27

     keoi⁵ je⁶ maan⁵ fan³ gaau³, jat⁶ tau^4-2 hei² san¹, zung² zi² faat³ ngaa⁴ sang¹ zoeng², dim² gaai² wui⁵ gam² joeng^6-2, keoi⁵ m⁴ zi¹. [Jyutping]

     And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

4. (dialectal) date; day (Classifier: 個／个)
5. (Min Nan) wedding day (date suggested by the bridegroom's family to the bride's family)

   送日頭／送日头 [Hokkien]  ―  sàng ji̍t-thâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to notify the bride's family of the wedding day