指日可待

Chinese

		point at the sun; at an early date	to be about to happen; about to; on the point of to be about to happen; about to; on the point of; going to; soon; at hand; around the corner
trad. (指日可待)		指日	可待
simp. #(指日可待)		指日	可待

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐrìkědài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄖˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jat⁶ ho² doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐrìkědài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄖˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhrìhkědài
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-jih⁴-kʻo³-tai⁴
    • Yale: jř-r̀-kě-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyryhkeeday
    • Palladius: чжижикэдай (čžižikɛdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² jat⁶ ho² doi⁶
    • Yale: jí yaht hó doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jat⁹ ho² doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² yed⁶ ho² doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚² hɔː³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyijX nyit khaX dojX

Rime
Character	指	日	可	待
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	日 (38)	溪 (29)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	眞 (48)	歌 (94)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I	I
Fanqie	職雉切	人質切	枯我切	徒亥切
Baxter	tsyijX	nyit	khaX	dojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕˠiɪX/	/ȵiɪt̚/	/kʰɑX/	/dʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕᵚiX/	/ȵit̚/	/kʰɑX/	/dəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɪX/	/ȵʑjet̚/	/kʰɑX/	/dɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cjiX/	/ȵit̚/	/kʰaX/	/dəjX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕjiX/	/ȵiĕt̚/	/kʰɑX/	/dᴀiX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕiX/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/	/kʰɑX/	/dɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/	/kʰɑX/	/dʱɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ	rì	kě	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2	jat6	ho2	doi6

Idiom

指日可待

1. to be expected soon; to be not a long way off

Synonyms

• 計日而待／计日而待 (jìrì'érdài)