日有所思,夜有所夢

Chinese

day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
actually; place; (nominalization prefix) to think; to consider night
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
actually; place; (nominalization prefix) to dream
trad. (日有所思,夜有所夢)
simp. (日有所思,夜有所梦)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rì yǒu suǒ sī, yè yǒu suǒ mèng
    (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄙ , ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄥˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jat6 jau5 so2 si1, je6 jau5 so2 mung6

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: rì yǒu suǒ sī, yè yǒu suǒ mèng [Phonetic: rìyóusuǒsī,yèyóusuǒmèng]
      • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄙ , ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄥˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: rìh yǒu suǒ sih, yè yǒu suǒ mèng
      • Wade–Giles: jih4 yu3 so3 ssŭ1, yeh4 yu3 so3 mêng4
      • Yale: r̀ yǒu swǒ sz̄-, yè yǒu swǒ mèng
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryh yeou suoo sy, yeh yeou suoo menq
      • Palladius: жи ю со сы, е ю со мэн (ži ju so sy, je ju so mɛn)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɤŋ⁵¹/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

日有所思,夜有所夢

  1. That which one thinks about during the day, is what one dreams about at night.