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): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si̍t-yòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-iông / se̍k-iông / se̍k-iâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ iang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yang²
    • Yale: syī-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyang
    • Palladius: сиян (sijan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìyáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-yang²
    • Yale: syì-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyang
    • Palladius: сиян (sijan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ joeng⁴
    • Yale: jihk yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xid iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁶ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xid (r)iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁶ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-iông
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sid'ioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² iɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iông
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg'ioong
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iâng
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k-iâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg'iaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iaŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴ iang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek iâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ iaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zjek yang

Rime
Character	夕	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	祥易切	與章切
Baxter	zjek	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziᴇk̚/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɛk̚/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ziæk̚/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ziajk̚/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ziɛk̚/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/zĭɛk̚/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯ɛk̚/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik6	joeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢAk  laŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaːɡ  laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夕	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjek ›	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ɢAk/	/*laŋ/
English	evening, night	bright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夕	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13227	14590
Phonetic component	夕	昜
Rime group	鐸	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	席	陽
Old Chinese	/*ljaːɡ/	/*laŋ/

Noun

夕陽

1. setting sun; sunset

   • 夕陽已去，皎月方來。 [MSC, trad.]
     夕阳已去，皎月方来。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, Zhu Ziqing, 《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.

2. (figurative) old age
3. (Classical, by extension) western side of a mountain or hill (the side that faces the setting sun)

Synonyms

• (setting sun): 落日 (luòrì); (literary) 斜陽／斜阳 (xiéyáng), 殘陽／残阳 (cányáng), 夕日 (xīrì); (Hokkien) 西照日

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• 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 晚年 (wǎnnián)
• 暮年 (mùnián)
• 白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
• 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
• 老年 (lǎonián)
• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
• 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
• 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
• 餘年／余年 (yúnián)

 

Derived terms

• 夕陽西下／夕阳西下 (xīyángxīxià)
• 夕陽餘暉／夕阳余晖

 

Adjective

夕陽

1. (attributive) declining; waning

Derived terms

• 夕陽工業／夕阳工业

 

Japanese

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 夕陽 – see the following entry.

【ゆうひ】 [noun] the setting sun [noun] sunset Alternative spelling 夕日

(This term, 夕陽, is an alternative spelling (poetic) of the above term.)