月曜日

Chinese

		the Moon	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (月曜日)		月曜	日
simp. ^#(月曜日)		月曜	日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèyàorì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ jiu⁶ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyàorì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyàorìh
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-yao⁴-jih⁴
  - Yale: ywè-yàu-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyawryh
  - Palladius: юэяожи (juejaoži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ jiu⁶ jat⁶
  - Yale: yuht yiuh yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ jiu⁶ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ yiu⁶ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² jiːu̯²² jɐt̚²/

Noun

月曜日

(Classical) Monday

Synonyms

星期一 (xīngqīyī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	曜	日
げつ Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2	ひ > び Grade: 1
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
月𫞂日

Alternative forms

（月）; ㈪; ㊊

Etymology

/getueubi/ > /getuyoːbi/.

Compound of 月曜 (getsuyō, “moon”, in reference also to the day for that celestial body, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

The compound form suffixed with 日 (hi, “day”) appears in common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar. See also Names of the days of the week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げつよーび [gètsúyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞t͡sɨjo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

月(げつ)曜(よう)日(び) • (getsuyōbi) ^{←げつえうび (getueubi)^?}

Monday

Synonyms

月曜(げつよう) (getsuyō)
マンデー (mandē)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →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

Korean

Hanja in this term
月	曜	日

Noun

月曜日 • (woryoil) (hangeul 월요일)

hanja form^? of 월요일 (“Monday”)

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 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

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