東隅

See also: 东隅

Chinese

		east	corner
trad. (東隅)		東	隅
simp. (东隅)		东	隅
Literally: “the eastern corner”.

Etymology

Used as a metaphor to describe the spot where the sun comes out; morning.

可謂失之東隅，收之桑榆 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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可谓失之东隅，收之桑榆 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: c. 398 - 445: Fan Ye (范瞱), Book of Later Han, Scroll 17, The Biography of Feng Yi (後漢書˙卷十七˙馮異傳)

kěwèi shī zhī dōngyú, shōu zhī sāngyú [Pinyin]

It may be said that if one loses it in the morning, one gains it (back) at sunset.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongyú
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-yü²
    • Yale: dūng-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongyu
    • Palladius: дунъюй (dunʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: dūng yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

Noun

東隅

1. morning; daybreak
2. eastern side (of a room)

Derived terms

• 失之東隅，收之桑榆／失之东隅，收之桑榆 (shī zhī dōngyú, shōu zhī sāngyú)