黃道吉日

黃道吉日

See also: 黄道吉日

Chinese

		ecliptic	lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (黃道吉日)		黃道	吉	日
simp. (黄道吉日)		黄道	吉	日

Etymology

This traces back to the days when people superstitiously believed that the point the Earth is at on its orbit around the sun has an effect on how auspicious a given day in the lunar calendar would turn out. This would influence when people would go travelling, get married, open a business and etc. Literally: "the Earth orbit around the sun and auspicious day"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángdàojírì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ dou⁶ gat¹ jat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vòng-tho-kit-ngit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huángdàojírì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangdawjyiryh
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ dou⁶ gat¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: wòhng douh gāt yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ dou⁶ gat⁷ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ dou⁶ ged¹ yed⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tou̯²² kɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-tho-kit-ngit
    • Hakka Romanization System: vongˇ to gid` ngid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong² to⁴ gid⁵ ngid⁵
    • IPA: /voŋ¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵ kit̚² ɲit̚²/

Noun

黃道吉日

1. (idiomatic) an auspicious day in the lunar calendar on which a certain activity such as marriage is favoured.