# 平日
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): píngrì
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ping$^4$ jat$^6$ / ping$^4$ 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: pʻing$^2$-jih$^4$
*** Yale: píng-r̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngryh
*** Palladius: пинжи (pinži)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ping$^4$ jat$^6$ / ping$^4$ jat$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: pìhng yaht / pìhng yát
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ping$^4$ jat$^9$ / ping$^4$ jat$^{9-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ping$^4$ yed$^6$ / ping$^4$ yed$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ɐŋ/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | píng | rì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ping$^4$ | jat$^6$ |

### Noun

平日
* ordinary days (as opposed to holidays)

### Adverb

平日
* ordinarily; usually
    From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th 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)
* 平素 (píngsù) (literary)
* 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])
* (Tokyo) ひらび [hìrábí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [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])
* IPA: [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 2 3 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