殘陽

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (殘陽)		殘	陽
simp. (残阳)		残	阳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cányáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cányáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cányáng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-yang²
    • Yale: tsán-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnyang
    • Palladius: цаньян (canʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: chàahn yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzan yang

Rime
Character	殘	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	昨干切	與章切
Baxter	dzan	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑn/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑn/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑn/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zan/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑn/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑn/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑn/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cán	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan4	joeng4

Noun

殘陽

1. (literary) the setting sun

Synonyms

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng)
• 落日 (luòrì)
• (literary) 斜陽／斜阳 (xiéyáng), 夕日 (xīrì)
• (Hokkien) 西照日