黃道吉日

See also: 黄道吉日

Chinese

		ecliptic	lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (黃道吉日)		黃道	吉	日
simp. (黄道吉日)		黄道	吉	日

Etymology

This traces back to the days when people superstitiously believed that the point the Earth is at on its orbit around the sun has an effect on how auspicious a given day in the lunar calendar would turn out. This would influence when people would go travelling, get married, open a business and etc. Literally: "the Earth orbit around the sun and auspicious day"

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huángdàojírì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ dou⁶ gat¹ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huángdàojírì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangdawjyiryh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ dou⁶ gat¹ jat⁶
  - Yale: wòhng douh gāt yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ dou⁶ gat⁷ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ dou⁶ ged¹ yed⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tou̯²² kɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚²/

Noun

黃道吉日

(idiomatic) an auspicious day in the lunar calendar on which a certain activity such as marriage is favoured.

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