如日方中
Chinese
| as (if); such as | day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) |
square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just |
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
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| trad. (如日方中) | 如 | 日 | 方 | 中 | |
| simp. #(如日方中) | 如 | 日 | 方 | 中 | |
| Literally: “like the sun at high noon”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): rúrìfāngzhōng
- (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄈㄤ ㄓㄨㄥ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu4 jat6 fong1 zung1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: rúrìfāngzhōng
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄈㄤ ㄓㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rúrìhfangjhong
- Wade–Giles: ju2-jih4-fang1-chung1
- Yale: rú-r̀-fāng-jūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruryhfangjong
- Palladius: жужифанчжун (žužifančžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu4 jat6 fong1 zung1
- Yale: yùh yaht fōng jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4 jat9 fong1 dzung1
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4 yed6 fong1 zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹ jɐt̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
如日方中
- synonym of 如日中天 (rúrìzhōngtiān, “at the height of prosperity or power; at its zenith”)