璧日

Chinese

		piece of jade with hole in centre	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (璧日)		璧	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìrìh
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: bì-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihryh
    • Palladius: бижи (biži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: bīk yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ jɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: pjiek nyit

Rime
Character	璧	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	必益切	人質切
Baxter	pjiek	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇk̚/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛk̚/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piæk̚/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajk̚/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/piɛk̚/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭɛk̚/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛk̚/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik1	jat6

Noun

璧日

1. (literary) sun