# 朝朝暮暮
## Chinese

| | | morning; to face; towardsmorning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.) | morning; to face; towardsmorning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.) | evening; dusk; sunsetevening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing | evening; dusk; sunsetevening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing |
| trad. (朝朝暮暮) | trad. (朝朝暮暮) | 朝 | 朝 | 暮 | 暮 |
| simp. $^#$(朝朝暮暮) | simp. $^#$(朝朝暮暮) | 朝 | 朝 | 暮 | 暮 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhāozhāomùmù
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄓㄠ ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu$^1$ ziu$^1$ mou$^6$ mou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhāozhāomùmù
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄓㄠ ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhaojhaomùmù
*** Wade–Giles: chao$^1$-chao$^1$-mu$^4$-mu$^4$
*** Yale: jāu-jāu-mù-mù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaujaumuhmuh
*** Palladius: чжаочжаомуму (čžaočžaomumu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ziu$^1$ ziu$^1$ mou$^6$ mou$^6$
*** Yale: jīu jīu mouh mouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dziu$^1$ dziu$^1$ mou$^6$ mou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jiu$^1$ jiu$^1$ mou$^6$ mou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ mou̯²² mou̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: trjew trjew muH muH
Rime :
| Character | 朝 | 暮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 陟遙切 | 莫故切 |
| Baxter | trjew | muH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiᴇu/ | /muo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚiɛu/ | /muo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiæu/ | /mo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈiaw/ | /mɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶjɛu/ | /mo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭɛu/ | /mu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶi̯ɛu/ | /muo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhāo | mù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ziu$^1$ | mou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'ew ʔr'ew maːɡs maːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 朝 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjew › |
| Old Chinese | /*t<r>aw/ |
| English | morning |
| 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 | 朝 | 暮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1307 | 9247 |
| Phonetic component | 朝 | 莫 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 朝 | 暮 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔr'ew/ | /*maːɡs/ |
| Notes | 甲文作日月同在草中表清晨， 非舟聲 | |

### Idiom

朝朝暮暮
* from dawn to dusk; all the time; day after day
    From: c. 3rd century BCE, Song Yu (宋玉), At the Tower of Gaotang (《高唐賦》)
    Qiè zài Wūshān zhīyáng, gāoqiū zhīzǔ, dànwéi zhāoyún, mùwéi xíngyǔ. Zhāozhāo mùmù, yángtái zhīxià. [Pinyin]
    I am by the sun-kissed slopes of Mount Wu, and the steep footpath through the rugged land. I am the luminous clouds at sunrise, and the strolling shower of eventide. Day after day, night by another night, I am here by this Tower of the Sun.
    From: c. 11th century, Qin Guan, 《鵲橋仙·七夕》
    Liǎngqíng ruòshì jiǔcháng shí, yòu qǐzài zhāozhāomùmù. [Pinyin]
    If love between both sides lasts sempiternally, then would (staying together) every day and night be the point?