# 昔日
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīrì, xírì
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄖˋ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄖˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^1$ jat$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-li̍t / siak-li̍t / sek-ji̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīrì
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄖˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sirìh
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-jih$^4$
*** Yale: syī-r̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiryh
*** Palladius: сижи (siži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
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** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xírì
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄖˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sírìh
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^2$-jih$^4$
*** Yale: syí-r̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyiryh
*** Palladius: сижи (siži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^1$ jat$^6$
*** Yale: sīk yaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^7$ jat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^1$ yed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚⁵ jɐt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-li̍t
*** Tâi-lô: sik-li̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seklit
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-li̍t
*** Tâi-lô: siak-li̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaklit
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lit̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-ji̍t
*** Tâi-lô: sik-ji̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sekjit
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ zit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
* Middle Chinese: sjek nyit
Rime :
| Character | 昔 | 日 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 思積切 | 人質切 |
| Baxter | sjek | nyit |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇk̚/ | /ȵiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛk̚/ | /ȵit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /siæk̚/ | /ȵʑjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siajk̚/ | /ȵit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛk̚/ | /ȵiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛk̚/ | /ȵʑĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /si̯ɛk̚/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xi | rì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^1$ | jat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]Ak C.nik/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sjaːɡ njiɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 昔 | 日 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xī | rì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjek › | ‹ nyit › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]Ak/ | /*C.nik/ |
| English | in the past | sun; day |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 昔 | 日 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13309 | 10845 |
| Phonetic component | 昔 | 日 |
| Rime group | 鐸 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 昔 | 日 |
| Old Chinese | /*sjaːɡ/ | /*njiɡ/ |

### Noun

昔日
* (literary) the old days; the past

#### Synonyms

* 以往 (yǐwǎng)
* 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
* 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
* 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
* 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
* 已往 (yǐwǎng)
* 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
* 往前 (wǎngqián)
* 往常 (wǎngcháng)
* 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
* 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
* 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
* 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
* 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
* 既往 (jìwǎng)
* 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
* 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
* 早日 (zǎorì)
* 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
* 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
* 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
* 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
* 當年／当年
* 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
* 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
* 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
* 舊𫢗時／旧𫢗时 (gu$^7$ diang$^1$ si$^5$) (Teochew)
* 舊底／旧底 (gau$^6$ dai$^2$) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
* 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
* 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
* 過去／过去 (guòqù)
* 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)