昔日

Chinese

		past; former	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (昔日)		昔	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīrì, xírì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄖˋ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ jat⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-li̍t / siak-li̍t / sek-ji̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sirìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-jih⁴
    • Yale: syī-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiryh
    • Palladius: сижи (siži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xírì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sírìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-jih⁴
    • Yale: syí-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyiryh
    • Palladius: сижи (siži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: sīk yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ jɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sik-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seklit
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: siak-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaklit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sik-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekjit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zit̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjek nyit

Rime
Character	昔	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	思積切	人質切
Baxter	sjek	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇk̚/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛk̚/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siæk̚/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siajk̚/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/siɛk̚/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/sĭɛk̚/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛk̚/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	jat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]Ak  C.nik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sjaːɡ  njiɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	昔	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	rì
Middle Chinese	‹ sjek ›	‹ nyit ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]Ak/	/*C.nik/
English	in the past	sun; day
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昔	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13309	10845
Phonetic component	昔	日
Rime group	鐸	質
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	昔	日
Old Chinese	/*sjaːɡ/	/*njiɡ/

Noun

昔日

1. (literary) the old days; the past

Synonyms

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• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時 / 前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來 / 原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時 / 向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔 / 向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往常時 / 往常时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往日仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時 / 往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔 / 往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 往當時 / 往当时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 從前 / 从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日 / 异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年 / 当年
• 疇昔 / 畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊𫢗時 / 旧𫢗时 (gu⁷ diang¹ si⁵) (Teochew)
• 舊底 / 旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時 / 旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時 / 旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去 / 过去 (guòqù)
• 過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)