夙興夜寐

夙興夜寐

See also: 夙兴夜寐

Chinese

		morning	interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	night	sleep soundly
trad. (夙興夜寐)		夙	興	夜	寐
simp. (夙兴夜寐)		夙	兴	夜	寐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùxīngyèmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ hing¹ je⁶ mei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùxīngyèmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùsingyèmèi
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-hsing¹-yeh⁴-mei⁴
    • Yale: sù-syīng-yè-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhshingyehmey
    • Palladius: сусинъемэй (susinʺjemɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ hing¹ je⁶ mei⁶
    • Yale: sūk hīng yeh meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ hing¹ je⁶ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ hing¹ yé⁶ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ jɛː²² mei̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɨuk̚  hɨŋ  jia^H  miɪ^H/

Rime
Character	夙	興	夜	寐
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	曉 (32)	以 (36)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (4)	蒸 (133)	麻 (100)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	息逐切	虚陵切	羊謝切	彌二切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuk̚/	/hɨŋ/	/jiaH/	/miɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/siuk̚/	/hɨŋ/	/jiaH/	/miH/
Shao Rongfen	/siuk̚/	/xieŋ/	/iaH/	/mjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwk̚/	/hiŋ/	/jiaH/	/miH/
Li Rong	/siuk̚/	/xiəŋ/	/iaH/	/miH/
Wang Li	/sĭuk̚/	/xĭəŋ/	/jĭaH/	/miH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uk̚/	/xi̯əŋ/	/i̯aH/	/miH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	su	xīng	yè	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk1	hing1	je6	mei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]uk  qʰ(r)əŋ  [ɢ]Ak-s  mi[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*suɡ  qʰɯŋ  laːɡs  mids/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夙	興	夜	寐
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sù	xīng	yè	mèi
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuwk ›	‹ xing ›	‹ yæH ›	‹ mjijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]uk/	/*qʰ(r)əŋ/	/*[ɢ]Ak-s/	/*mi[t]-s/
English	early morning	lift, rise	night	sleep
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	夙	興	夜	寐
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/1
No.	12098	13858	14992	12910
Phonetic component	夙	興	亦	未
Rime group	覺	蒸	暮	至
Rime subdivision	1	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	肅	興	夜	寐
Old Chinese	/*suɡ/	/*qʰɯŋ/	/*laːɡs/	/*mids/

Idiom

夙興夜寐

1. to work hard night and day; to burn the candle at both ends

   • 夙興夜寐，靡有朝矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夙兴夜寐，靡有朝矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sùxìngyèmèi, mǐ yǒu cháo yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • […]沒有夙興夜寐的程序員，中國互聯網產業無法實現「彎道超車」，成就一個又一個估值過億的企業；[…] [MSC, trad.]
     […]没有夙兴夜寐的程序员，中国互联网产业无法实现“弯道超车”，成就一个又一个估值过亿的企业；[…] [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2019 April 29, 仲青平 (Zhong Qingping), 《向所有奋斗中的劳动者致敬》, in China Youth Daily, page 1

     méiyǒu sùxìngyèmèi de chéngxùyuán, zhōngguó hùliánwǎng chǎnyè wúfǎ shíxiàn “wāndào chāochē”, chéngjiù yīge yòu yīge gūzhí guò yì de qǐyè; [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)