日頭

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Noun

日頭

1. (literary or dialectal) sun

   • 休即未能休，且待三更見日頭。 [MSC, trad.]
     休即未能休，且待三更见日头。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, anonymous, 敦煌曲子詞《菩薩蠻》

     Xiū jí wèi néng xiū, qiě dài sāngēng jiàn rìtóu. [Pinyin]

     [I want to] rest but cannot rest, and [I] wait for the sun to appear in the third watch.

   • 就是徼倖的這一年，正月初一日，我夢見在一個極高的山上，天上的日頭，不差不錯，端端正正掉了下來，壓在我頭上，驚出一身的汗；醒了摸一摸頭，就像還有些熱。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     就是徼幸的这一年，正月初一日，我梦见在一个极高的山上，天上的日头，不差不错，端端正正掉了下来，压在我头上，惊出一身的汗；醒了摸一摸头，就像还有些热。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Jiùshì jiǎoxìng de zhè yī nián, zhēngyuè chūyī rì, wǒ mèngjiàn zài yī ge jí gāo de shān shang, tiānshàng de rìtou, bùchābùcuò, duānduānzhèngzhèng diào le xiàlái, yā zài wǒ tóu shang, jīng chū yī shēn de hàn; xǐng le mō yī mō tóu, jiù xiàng hái yǒu xiē rè. [Pinyin]

     It just so happened that this year on New Year's Day, I dreamed that on a very high mountain, the sun in the sky was right above me, but it fell down on my head, and I sweated with fright. When I woke up, I rubbed my head, and it still seemed a little hot.

2. (dialectal Hakka, Huizhou, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) sunlight
3. (Central Plains Mandarin, Cantonese, dialectal Min Nan, dialectal Wu) daytime
4. (dialectal) date
5. (Min Nan) wedding day (date suggested by the bridegroom's family to the bride's family)

   送日頭 / 送日头 [Min Nan]  ―  sàng ji̍t-thâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to notify the bride's family of the wedding day