旦夕

Chinese

		dawn; morning; day-break dawn; morning; day-break; day	dusk; evening
trad. (旦夕)		旦	夕
simp. #(旦夕)		旦	夕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànxī, dànxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan³ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tàn-sia̍k / tàn-se̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànsi
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: dàn-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannshi
    • Palladius: даньси (danʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànsì
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: dàn-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannshih
    • Palladius: даньси (danʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan³ zik⁶
    • Yale: daan jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan³ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan³ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn³³ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-sia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tàn-sia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darnsiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tàn-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darnsek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚⁴/

Noun

旦夕

1. (formal) morning and evening
2. (formal) short time; sooner or later; imminent; on the horizon

Derived terms

• 危在旦夕 (wēizàidànxī)
• 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福／天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 (tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú)
• 旦夕禍福／旦夕祸福

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旦	夕
たん Grade: S	せき Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

旦(たん)夕(せき) • (tanseki) 

1. sooner or later; imminent