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旦夕

旦夕

Chinese

		dawn; morning; day-break dawn; morning; day-break; day	dusk; evening
simp. and trad. (旦夕)		旦	夕

Noun

旦夕

(literary) sooner or later; imminent; on the horizon

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旦	夕
たん Grade: S	せき Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

旦夕 ‎(hiragana たんせき, romaji tanseki)

sooner or later; imminent

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dànxī, dànxì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan³ zik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tàn-se̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: dànxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannshi
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠n⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: dànxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannshih
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan³ zik⁶
  - Yale: daan jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan³ dzik⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːn³³ t͡sɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-se̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tàn-si̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: darnsek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiɪk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiɪk̚⁴/