平日

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (平日)		平	日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píngrì

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ jat⁶ / ping⁴ jat^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-li̍t / pêng-ji̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píngrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píngrìh
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²-jih⁴
  - Yale: píng-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngryh
  - Palladius: пинжи (pinži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping⁴ jat⁶ / ping⁴ jat^6-2
  - Yale: pìhng yaht / pìhng yát
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ jat⁹ / ping⁴ jat^9-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ yed⁶ / ping⁴ yed^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚²/, /pʰɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-li̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-li̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: penglit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-ji̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-ji̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pengjit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ zit̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: bjaeng nyit

Rime
Character	平	日
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符兵切	人質切
Baxter	bjaeng	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiæŋ/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiaŋ/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biaŋ/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajŋ/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/biɐŋ/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭɐŋ/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɐŋ/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping⁴	jat⁶

Noun

平日

ordinary days (as opposed to holidays)

Adverb

平日

ordinarily; usually
- 太后以先帝左右，待之有恩，平日尚無惡言，今反若此，不合人情。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  太后以先帝左右，待之有恩，平日尚无恶言，今反若此，不合人情。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Tàihòu yǐ xiāndì zuǒyòu, dài zhī yǒu ēn, píngrì shàng wú èyán, jīn fǎn ruòcǐ, bùhé rén qíng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

一般 (yībān)
常時 / 常时 (chángshí)
平常 (píngcháng)
平常時 / 平常时 (Hokkien)
平時 / 平时 (píngshí)
平當時 / 平当时 (Puxian Min)
平素 (píngsù) (literary)
平素時 / 平素时 (Puxian Min)
素常 (sùcháng) (literary)
素常時 / 素常时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
素日 (sùrì) (literary)
通常 (tōngcháng)
閒常 / 闲常 (xiáncháng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
平	日
ひら Grade: 3	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 平(ひら) (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). The hi of 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひらび [hìráꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) ひらび [hìrábí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çiɾa̠bʲi]

Noun

平(ひら)日(び) • (hirabi)

a weekday, an ordinary day
the "say" radical (曰), literally "the flat 日 (hi, “sun, day”) radical"

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
平	日
へい Grade: 3	じつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 平日 (MC bjaeng nyit).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へーじつ [hèéjítsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [he̞ːʑit͡sɨ]

Noun

平(へい)日(じつ) • (heijitsu)

a habit, an ordinary
Synonyms: 常日頃 (tsunahi-goro); 不断, 普段 (fudan); 平生 (heizei); 平素 (heiso)
a weekday, an ordinary day
Synonyms: 週日 (shūjitsu), ウイークデー (uīkudē)

Antonyms: 休日 (kyūjitsu), 週末 (shūmatsu), ウイークエンド (uīkuendo)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN