日 jat⁶ {rì}

1. sun
2. day
3. date, day of the month

日 jat⁶ {Rì}

abbr. for 日本, Japan

日更 jat⁶ gang¹ {rì gèng}

day shift

日見〔-见〕 jat⁶ gin³ {rì jiàn}

Himi-shuku, a Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan

日光 jat⁶ gwong¹ {rìguāng}

(noun) Daylight

日劇〔-剧〕 jat⁶ kek⁶ {rì jù}

Japanese drama

日曆〔-历〕 jat⁶ lik⁶ {rì lì}

(noun) solar calendar

日暈〔-晕〕 jat⁶ wan⁶ {rì yùn}

a Halo (optical phenomenon)

日班 jat⁶ baan¹ {rì bān}

day shift

日報〔-报〕 jat⁶ bou³ {rì bào}

daily newspaper

日本 jat⁶ bun² {Rì běn}

1. Japan
2. Japanese

日產〔-产〕 jat⁶ caan² {Rì chǎn}

1. Nissan, Japanese car make
2. also transliterated 尼桑

日趨〔-趋〕 jat⁶ ceoi¹ {rì qū}

1. (increasing) day by day
2. (more critical) with every passing day
3. gradually

日出 jat⁶ ceot¹ {rì chū}

sunrise

日前 jat⁶ cin⁴ {rì qián}

1. the other day
2. a few days ago

日程 jat⁶ cing⁴ {rì chéng}

1. schedule
2. itinerary
3. CL: 個

日朝 jat⁶ ciu⁴ {Rì Cháo}

Japan and Korea (esp. North Korea)

日戳 jat⁶ coek³ {rì chuō}

date stamp

日場〔-场〕 jat⁶ coeng⁴ {rì chǎng}

1. daytime show
2. matinee

日電〔-电〕 jat⁶ din⁶ {Rì diàn}

1. NEC (Nippon Electronic Company)
2. abbr. for 日電電子

日化 jat⁶ faa³ {rì huà}

1. household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries
2. abbr. for 日用化學製品

日貨〔-货〕 jat⁶ fo³ {Rì huò}

Japanese goods

日方 jat⁶ fong¹ {Rì fāng}

the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc)

日間〔-间〕 jat⁶ gaan¹ {rì jiān}

daytime

日記〔-记〕 jat⁶ gei³ {rì jì}

1. diary
2. CL: 則,本,篇

日經〔-经〕 jat⁶ ging¹ {rì jīng}

1. Nikkei, abbr. for Nikkei Shimbun 日本經濟新聞
2. abbr. for Nikkei 225 index 日經指數

日怪 jat⁶ gwaai³ {rì guài}

(dialect) strange

日晷 jat⁶ gwai² {rì guǐ}

sundial

日軍〔-军〕 jat⁶ gwan¹ {Rì jūn}

1. Japanese army
2. Japanese troops

日光 jat⁶ gwong¹ {rì guāng}

sunlight

日系 jat⁶ hai⁶ {Rì xì}

1. Japanese section (of school)
2. Japanese-related (business)

日後〔-后〕 jat⁶ hau⁶ {rì hòu}

1. sometime
2. someday (in the future)

日刊 jat⁶ hon² {rì kān}

daily (publication)

日航 jat⁶ hong⁴ {Rì háng}

Japanese airline JAL, abbr. for 日本航空

日人 jat⁶ jan⁴ {Rì rén}

1. Japanese person
2. the Japanese

日日 jat⁶ jat⁶ {rì rì}

every day

日惹 jat⁶ je⁵ {Rì rě}

Jogyakarta, central Java

日夜 jat⁶ je⁶ {rì yè}

1. day and night
2. around the clock

日裔 jat⁶ jeoi⁶ {Rì yì}

of Japanese descent

日益 jat⁶ jik¹ {rì yì}

1. day by day
2. more and more
3. increasingly
4. more and more with each passing day

日用 jat⁶ jung⁶ {rì yòng}

1. daily expenses
2. of everyday use

日語〔-语〕 jat⁶ jyu⁵ {Rì yǔ}

Japanese language

日元 jat⁶ jyun⁴ {Rì yuán}

1. Japanese yen (unit of currency)
2. also written 日圓

日圓〔-圆〕 jat⁶ jyun⁴ {Rì yuán}

1. Japanese yen (unit of currency)
2. CL: 個

日月 jat⁶ jyut⁶ {rì yuè}

1. the sun and moon
2. day and month
3. every day and every month
4. season
5. life and livelihood

日期 jat⁶ kei⁴ {rì qī}

1. date
2. CL: 個

日規〔-规〕 jat⁶ kwai¹ {rì guī}

sundial

日立 jat⁶ laap⁶ {Rì lì}

Hitachi, Ltd.

日流 jat⁶ lau⁴ {Rì liú}

the spread of Japanese cultural products (anime, pop music etc) to other countries

日裡〔-里〕 jat⁶ lei⁵ {rì lǐ}

1. daytime
2. during the day

日曆〔-历〕 jat⁶ lik⁶ {rì lì}

1. calendar
2. CL: 張,本

日來〔-来〕 jat⁶ loi⁴ {rì lái}

1. in the past few days
2. lately

日落 jat⁶ lok⁶ {rì luò}

1. sundown
2. sunset

日文 jat⁶ man² {Rì wén}

Japanese (language)

日美 jat⁶ mei⁵ {Rì Měi}

Japan-US

日冕 jat⁶ min⁵ {rì miǎn}

corona

日暮 jat⁶ mou⁶ {rì mù}

sunset

日媒 jat⁶ mui⁴ {Rì méi}

Japanese news media

日沒〔-没〕 jat⁶ mut⁶ {rì mò}

1. sunset
2. sundown

日內〔-内〕 jat⁶ noi⁶ {rì nèi}

1. in a few days
2. one of these days

日新 jat⁶ san¹ {rì xīn}

in constant progress

日薪 jat⁶ san¹ {rì xīn}

daily wage

日神 jat⁶ san⁴ {Rì shén}

1. the Sun God
2. Apollo

日式 jat⁶ sik¹ {Rì shì}

Japanese style

日食 jat⁶ sik⁶ {rì shí}

solar eclipse

日盛 jat⁶ sing⁶ {rì shèng}

more flourishing by the day

日常 jat⁶ soeng⁴ {rì cháng}

1. daily
2. everyday

日頭〔-头〕 jat⁶ tau⁴ {rì tóu}

1. sun (dialect)
2. daytime
3. date

日土 jat⁶ tou² {Rì tǔ}

Rutog county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Ru thog rdzong

日增 jat⁶ zang¹ {rì zēng}

increasing by the day

日臻 jat⁶ zeon¹ {rì zhēn}

to reach day after day for

日子 jat⁶ zi² {rì zi}

1. day
2. a (calendar) date
3. days of one's life

日至 jat⁶ zi³ {rì zhì}

1. solstice
2. the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至

日誌〔-志〕 jat⁶ zi³ {rì zhì}

1. journal
2. log (computing)

日漸〔-渐〕 jat⁶ zim⁶ {rì jiàn}

1. to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day
2. more (or better etc) with each passing day

日照 jat⁶ ziu³ {Rì zhào}

Rizhao prefecture level city in Shandong

日照 jat⁶ ziu³ {rì zhào}

sunshine

日中 jat⁶ zung¹ {Rì Zhōng}

Japan-China

日中 jat⁶ zung¹ {rì zhōng}

1. noon
2. midday
3. zenith

日本國〔--国〕 jat⁶ bun² gwok³ {Rì běn guó}

Japan

日本語〔--语〕 jat⁶ bun² jyu⁵ {Rì běn yǔ}

Japanese (language)

日本酒 jat⁶ bun² zau² {Rì běn jiǔ}

Japanese Sake; Japanese rice wine

日本仔 jat⁶ bun² zi² {Rì běn zǐ}

Japanese men

日記簿〔-记-〕 jat⁶ gei³ bou² {rì jì bù}

noun; daybook; journal;diary

日本刀 jat⁶ bun² dou¹ {Rì běn dāo}

1. Japanese sword
2. katana

日本海 jat⁶ bun² hoi² {Rì běn Hǎi}

Sea of Japan

日本學〔--学〕 jat⁶ bun² hok⁶ {Rì běn xué}

Japanology

日本人 jat⁶ bun² jan⁴ {Rì běn rén}

Japanese person or people

日程表 jat⁶ cing⁴ biu² {rì chéng biǎo}

daily schedule

日全食 jat⁶ cyun⁴ sik⁶ {rì quán shí}

total eclipse of the sun

日記本〔-记-〕 jat⁶ gei³ bun² {rì jì běn}

diary (book)

日光燈〔--灯〕 jat⁶ gwong¹ dang¹ {rì guāng dēng}

fluorescent light

日光浴 jat⁶ gwong¹ juk⁶ {rì guāng yù}

sunbathing

日耳曼 jat⁶ ji⁵ maan⁶ {Rì ěr màn}

Germanic

日曜日 jat⁶ jiu⁶ jat⁶ {Rì yào rì}

Sunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)

日用品 jat⁶ jung⁶ ban² {rì yòng pǐn}

1. articles for daily use
2. CL: 件,個

日月食 jat⁶ jyut⁶ sik⁶ {rì yuè shí}

eclipsis (of the moon or sun)

日月潭 jat⁶ jyut⁶ taam⁴ {Rì yuè tán}

Sun and moon lake (e.g. Dalian, Taiwan etc)

日月暈〔--晕〕 jat⁶ jyut⁶ wan⁶ {rì yuè yùn}

1. halo
2. ring of light around the sun or moon

日喀則〔--则〕 jat⁶ kaa³ zak¹ {Rì kā zé}

Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet

日冕層〔--层〕 jat⁶ min⁵ cang⁴ {rì miǎn céng}

the sun's corona

日南郡 jat⁶ naam⁴ gwan⁶ {Rì nán jùn}

Han dynasty province in Vietnam

日內瓦〔-内-〕 jat⁶ noi⁶ ngaa⁵ {Rì nèi wǎ}

Geneva, Switzerland

日偏食 jat⁶ pin¹ sik⁶ {rì piān shí}

partial eclipse of the sun

日曬傷〔-晒伤〕 jat⁶ saai³ soeng¹ {rì shài shāng}

sunburn

日心說〔--说〕 jat⁶ sam¹ syut³ {rì xīn shuō}

1. heliocentric theory
2. the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe

日土縣〔--县〕 jat⁶ tou² jyun⁶ {Rì tǔ xiàn}

Rutog county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Ru thog rdzong

日環食〔-环-〕 jat⁶ waan⁴ sik⁶ {rì huán shí}

an annular eclipse of the sun

日知錄〔--录〕 jat⁶ zi¹ luk⁶ {Rì zhī lù}

Rizhilu or Record of daily study, by early Confucian philosopher Gu Yanwu 顧炎武

日照市 jat⁶ ziu³ si⁵ {Rì zhào shì}

Rizhao prefecture level city in Shandong

日不暇給〔---给〕 jat⁶ bat¹ haa⁶ kap¹ {rì bù xiá jǐ}

too busy with no spare time

日薄西山 jat⁶ bok⁶ sai¹ saan¹ {rì bó xī shān}

the setting sun

日本動畫〔--动画〕 jat⁶ bun² dung⁶ waa² {Rì běn dòng huà}

Japanese anime

日出康城 jat⁶ ceot¹ hong¹ sing⁴ {rì chū kāng chéng}

LOHAS Park, a residential development in Hong Kong

日光日白 jat⁶ gwong¹ jat⁶ baak⁶ {rì guāng rì bái}

in broad daylight

日日如是 jat⁶ jat⁶ jyu⁴ si⁶ {rì rì rú shì}

to describe something that is the same day in day out

日以繼夜〔--继-〕 jat⁶ ji⁵ gai³ je⁶ {rì yǐ jì yè}

noun; day in and day out; round the clock; stay up till dawn

日月星辰 jat⁶ jyut⁶ sing¹ san⁴ {rì yuè xīng chén}

host of heavens; heavenly bodies; the sun, the moon and the starts

日落大道 jat⁶ lok⁶ daai⁶ dou⁶ {rì luò dà dào}

Sunset Boulevard, a film

日捱夜捱〔-挨-挨〕 jat⁶ ngaai⁴ je⁶ ngaai⁴ {rì āi yè āi}

work in tough conditions for day and night

日哦夜哦 jat⁶ ngo⁴ je⁶ ngo⁴ {rì ó yè ó}

to nag constantly non-stop day-to-night

日常用品 jat⁶ soeng⁴ jung⁶ ban² {rì cháng yòng pǐn}

the daily necessities

日常生活 jat⁶ soeng⁴ sang¹ wut⁶ {rì cháng shēng huó}

noun; daily life, day to day

日上三竿 jat⁶ soeng⁵ saam¹ gon¹ {rì shàng sān gān}

the sun is already high in the sky, sarcastically hinting it is not early any more

日本鵪鶉〔--鹌鹑〕 jat⁶ bun² am¹ ceon¹ {Rì běn ān chún}

(Chinese bird species) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

日本歌鴝〔---鸲〕 jat⁶ bun² go¹ keoi⁴ {Rì běn gē qú}

(Chinese bird species) Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)

日本鬼子 jat⁶ bun² gwai² zi² {Rì běn guǐ zi}

Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)

日本國誌〔--国志〕 jat⁶ bun² gwok³ zi³ {Rì běn guó zhì}

A record of Japan by Huan Zunxian 黃遵憲, an extended analysis of Meiji Japan

日本黑道 jat⁶ bun² hak¹ dou⁶ {Rì běn Hēi dào}

Yakuza (Japanese mafia)

日本航空 jat⁶ bun² hong⁴ hung¹ {Rì běn háng kōng}

Japanese airline (JAL, Japanese: Nihonkoukuu)

日本柳鶯〔---莺〕 jat⁶ bun² lau⁵ ang¹ {Rì běn liǔ yīng}

(Chinese bird species) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)

日本米酒 jat⁶ bun² mai⁵ zau² {Rì běn mǐ jiǔ}

1. Japanese rice wine
2. sake

日本銀行〔--银-〕 jat⁶ bun² ngan⁴ hong⁴ {Rì běn Yín háng}

Bank of Japan

日本腦炎〔--脑-〕 jat⁶ bun² nou⁵ jim⁴ {Rì běn nǎo yán}

Japanese encephalitis

日本書紀〔--书纪〕 jat⁶ bun² syu¹ gei² {Rì běn shū jì}

Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history

日本樹鶯〔--树莺〕 jat⁶ bun² syu⁶ ang¹ {Rì běn shù yīng}

(Chinese bird species) Japanese bush warbler (Cettia diphone)

日本天皇 jat⁶ bun² tin¹ wong⁴ {Rì běn tiān huáng}

Emperor of Japan

日本鶺鴒〔--鹡鸰〕 jat⁶ bun² zek³ ling⁴ {Rì běn jí líng}

(Chinese bird species) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)

日本竹筷 jat⁶ bun² zuk¹ faai³ {Rì běn zhú kuài}

disposable chopsticks

日趨嚴重〔-趋严-〕 jat⁶ ceoi¹ jim⁴ zung⁶ {rì qū yán zhòng}

more critical with every passing day

日電電子〔-电电-〕 jat⁶ din⁶ din⁶ zi² {Rì diàn diàn zǐ}

NEC (Nippon Electronic Company)

日復一日〔-复--〕 jat⁶ fuk⁶ jat¹ jat⁶ {rì fù yī rì}

day after day

日久生情 jat⁶ gau² sang¹ cing⁴ {rì jiǔ shēng qíng}

familiarity breeds fondness (idiom)

日久歲深〔--岁-〕 jat⁶ gau² seoi³ sam¹ {rì jiǔ suì shēn}

to last for an eternity (idiom)

日據時代〔-据时-〕 jat⁶ geoi³ si⁴ doi⁶ {Rì jù shí dài}

the era of Japanese occupation

日經平均〔-经--〕 jat⁶ ging¹ ping⁴ gwan¹ {Rì jīng píng jūn}

Nikkei 225 stock market index

日經指數〔-经-数〕 jat⁶ ging¹ zi² sou³ {Rì jīng zhǐ shù}

Nikkei 225 stock market index

日光浴室 jat⁶ gwong¹ juk⁶ sat¹ {rì guāng yù shì}

1. sun room
2. solarium

日行一善 jat⁶ hang⁴ jat¹ sin⁶ {rì xíng yī shàn}

to do a good deed every day

日夜兼程 jat⁶ je⁶ gim¹ cing⁴ {rì yè jiān chéng}

to travel day and night

日耳曼語〔---语〕 jat⁶ ji⁵ maan⁶ jyu⁵ {Rì ěr màn yǔ}

Germanic language

日益增加 jat⁶ jik¹ zang¹ gaa¹ {rì yì zēng jiā}

to increase daily

日英聯軍〔--联军〕 jat⁶ jing¹ lyun⁴ gwan¹ {Rì Yīng lián jūn}

Anglo-Japanese allied army (intervention during Russian revolution and civil war 1917-1922)

日月蹉跎 jat⁶ jyut⁶ co¹ to⁴ {rì yuè cuō tuó}

1. days and months slip away
2. fig. the inexorable passage of time

日月重光 jat⁶ jyut⁶ cung⁴ gwong¹ {rì yuè chóng guāng}

1. the sun and moon shine once more
2. fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval

日月如梭 jat⁶ jyut⁶ jyu⁴ so¹ {rì yuè rú suō}

the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!

日月五星 jat⁶ jyut⁶ ng⁵ sing¹ {rì yuè wǔ xīng}

sun, moon and the five visible planets

日喀則市〔--则-〕 jat⁶ kaa³ zak¹ si⁵ {Rì kā zé shì}

Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet, Chinese Rikaze

日落風生〔--风-〕 jat⁶ lok⁶ fung¹ sang¹ {rì luò fēng shēng}

a gentle breeze comes with sunset (idiom)

日落西山 jat⁶ lok⁶ sai¹ saan¹ {rì luò xī shān}

1. the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end
2. fig. time of decline
3. the end of an era
4. Sic transit gloria mundi

日無暇晷〔-无--〕 jat⁶ mou⁴ haa⁶ gwai² {rì wú xiá guǐ}

no time to spare (idiom)

日暮途窮〔---穷〕 jat⁶ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴ {rì mù tú qióng}

1. sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
2. at a dead end

日俄戰爭〔--战争〕 jat⁶ ngo⁴ zin³ zang¹ {Rì É Zhàn zhēng}

the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan

日曬雨淋〔-晒--〕 jat⁶ saai³ jyu⁵ lam⁴ {rì shài yǔ lín}

1. scorched and drenched by sun and rain (idiom); suffer from exposure to the elements
2. weather-beaten

日新月異〔---异〕 jat⁶ san¹ jyut⁶ ji⁶ {rì xīn yuè yì}

1. daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
2. every day sees new developments
3. rapid progress

日常工作 jat⁶ soeng⁴ gung¹ zok³ {rì cháng gōng zuò}

routine

日治時期〔--时-〕 jat⁶ zi⁶ si⁴ kei⁴ {Rì zhì shí qī}

the period of Japanese rule

日積月累〔-积--〕 jat⁶ zik¹ jyut⁶ leoi⁵ {rì jī yuè lěi}

to accumulate over a long period of time

日本民主黨〔----党〕 jat⁶ bun² man⁴ zyu² dong² {Rì běn Mín zhǔ dǎng}

the Japan Democratic Party

日久見人心〔--见--〕 jat⁶ gau² gin³ jan⁴ sam¹ {rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn}

time will tell; 'a man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn'

日內瓦公約〔----约〕 jat⁶ noi⁶ ngaa⁵ gung¹ joek³ {rì nèi wǎ gōng yuē}

the Geneva Conventions

日比谷公園〔----园〕 jat⁶ bei² guk¹ gung¹ jyun² {Rì bǐ gǔ Gōng yuán}

Hibiya Park in central Tokyo

日本松雀鷹〔----鹰〕 jat⁶ bun² cung⁴ zoek³ jing¹ {Rì běn sōng què yīng}

(Chinese bird species) Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)

日本共產黨〔---产党〕 jat⁶ bun² gung⁶ caan² dong² {Rì běn Gòng chǎn dǎng}

Japanese Communist Party

日本共同社 jat⁶ bun² gung⁶ tung⁴ se⁵ {Rì běn Gòng tóng shè}

Kyōdō, Japanese news agency

日本社會黨〔---会党〕 jat⁶ bun² se⁵ wui² dong² {Rì běn Shè huì dǎng}

Japan Socialist Party

日光浴浴床 jat⁶ gwong¹ juk⁶ juk⁶ cong⁴ {rì guāng yù yù chuáng}

sunbed

日光節約時〔--节约时〕 jat⁶ gwong¹ zit³ joek³ si⁴ {rì guāng jié yuē shí}

daylight saving time

日喀則地區〔--则-区〕 jat⁶ kaa³ zak¹ dei⁶ keoi¹ {Rì kā zé dì qū}

Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze

日本航空公司 jat⁶ bun² hong⁴ hung¹ gung¹ si¹ {Rì běn Háng kōng Gōng sī}

Japan Airlines Company

日本叉尾海燕 jat⁶ bun² caa¹ mei⁵ hoi² jin³ {Rì běn chā wěi hǎi yàn}

(Chinese bird species) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)

日本放送協會〔----协会〕 jat⁶ bun² fong³ sung³ hip³ wui² {Rì běn Fàng sòng Xié huì}

NHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japanese national broadcasting company

日本經濟新聞〔--经济-闻〕 jat⁶ bun² ging¹ zai³ san¹ man⁴ {Rì běn Jīng jì Xīn wén}

Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times

日經平均指數〔-经---数〕 jat⁶ ging¹ ping⁴ gwan¹ zi² sou³ {Rì jīng píng jūn zhǐ shù}

Nikkei 225 stock market index

日經平均指數〔-经---数〕 jat⁶ ging¹ ping⁴ gwan¹ zi² sou³ {rì jīng píng jūn zhǐ shù}

Nikkei index

日本電報電話公司〔--电报电话--〕 jat⁶ bun² din⁶ bou³ din⁶ waa² gung¹ si¹ {Rì běn Diàn bào Diàn huà Gōng sī}

1. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
2. NTT

日本原子能研究所 jat⁶ bun² jyun⁴ zi² nang⁴ jin⁴ gau³ so² {Rì běn Yuán zǐ Néng Yán jiū suǒ}

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

日防夜防，家賊難防〔------贼难-〕 jat⁶ fong⁴ je⁶ fong⁴ gaa¹ caak⁶ naan⁴ fong⁴ {rì fáng yè fáng , jiā zéi nán fáng}

, A thief in the family is difficult to detect; the betrayer can be the one you trust

日出而作，日入而息 jat⁶ ceot¹ ji⁴ zok³ ，jat⁶ jap⁶ ji⁴ sik¹ {rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī}

1. lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb)
2. fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life