# 一日三秋
## Chinese

| | | one; single; aone; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) | day; sun; dateday; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | three | autumn; fall; harvest timeautumn; fall; harvest time; a swing |
| trad. (一日三秋) | trad. (一日三秋) | 一 | 日 | 三 | 秋 |
| simp. $^#$(一日三秋) | simp. $^#$(一日三秋) | 一 | 日 | 三 | 秋 |

### Etymology

Short for 一日不見，如隔三秋／一日不见，如隔三秋 (yīrìbùjiàn, rúgésānqiū).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīrìsānqiū
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jat$^1$ jat$^6$ saam$^1$ cau$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-li̍t-sam-chhiu / it-ji̍t-sam-chhiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīrìsānqiū [Phonetic: yírìsānqiū]
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yirìhsanciou
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$-jih$^4$-san$^1$-chʻiu$^1$
*** Yale: yī-r̀-sān-chyōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iryhsanchiou
*** Palladius: ижисаньцю (ižisanʹcju)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^1$ jat$^6$ saam$^1$ cau$^1$
*** Yale: yāt yaht sāam chāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^7$ jat$^9$ saam$^1$ tsau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^1$ yed$^6$ sam$^1$ ceo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-li̍t-sam-chhiu
*** Tâi-lô: it-li̍t-sam-tshiu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: itlidsamchiw
*** IPA (Lukang): /it̚⁵ lit̚³⁵⁻² sam³³ t͡sʰiu³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ lit̚²⁴⁻² sam³³ t͡sʰiu³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴⁻³² sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴⁻³² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /it̚³²⁻⁵⁴ lit̚⁵⁴⁻³² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴³⁻²¹ sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-ji̍t-sam-chhiu
*** Tâi-lô: it-ji̍t-sam-tshiu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: itjidsamchiw
*** IPA (Yilan): /it̚²⁻⁵ d͡zit̚⁵⁻² sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /it̚³²⁻⁴ d͡zit̚⁴⁻¹ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ zit̚⁴⁻³² sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /it̚³²⁻⁴ d͡zit̚⁴³⁻²¹ sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

### Idiom

一日三秋
* A single day apart seems like three years.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 一 | 日 | 三 | 秋 |
| いち Grade: 1 | じつ Grade: 1 | さん Grade: 1 | しゅう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||||

### Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), from 一(いち) (ichi, “one”) + 日(じつ) (jitsu, “day”) + 三(さん) (san, “three”) + 秋(しゅう) (shū, “autumns”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いちじつさんしゅう [ìchíjítsú sáńshúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [it͡ɕiʑit͡sɨ sã̠ɰ̃ɕɨː]

### Noun

一(いち)日(じつ)三(さん)秋(しゅう) • (ichijitsu sanshū)
* waiting impatiently
* time dragging on

#### Synonyms

* 一(いち)日(じつ)千(せん)秋(しゅう) (ichijitsu senshū)

### References

* Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 一 | 日 | 三 | 秋 |

### Noun

一日三秋 • (irilsamchu) (hangeul 일일삼추)
* hanja form of 일일삼추