# 夕陽
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīyáng, xìyáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^6$ joeng$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si̍t-yòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-iông / se̍k-iông / se̍k-iâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg$^4$ iang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīyáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siyáng
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-yang$^2$
*** Yale: syī-yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyang
*** Palladius: сиян (sijan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$夕陽 / 夕阳 西洋
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìyáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìyáng
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^4$-yang$^2$
*** Yale: syì-yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyang
*** Palladius: сиян (sijan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$夕陽 / 夕阳 細陽 / 细阳
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^6$ joeng$^4$
*** Yale: jihk yèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^9$ joeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^6$ yêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚² jœːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: xid iong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xid$^6$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵ i̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: xid (r)iong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xid$^6$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-iông
*** Tâi-lô: si̍t-iông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sid'ioong
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² iɔŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iông
*** Tâi-lô: si̍k-iông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seg'ioong
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iâng
*** Tâi-lô: si̍k-iâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seg'iaang
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iaŋ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sêg$^4$ iang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek iâng
*** Sinological IPA : /sek̚²⁻⁴ iaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: zjek yang
Rime :
| Character | 夕 | 陽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 祥易切 | 與章切 |
| Baxter | zjek | yang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziᴇk̚/ | /jɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ziɛk̚/ | /jiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ziæk̚/ | /iɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ziajk̚/ | /jɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ziɛk̚/ | /iaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭɛk̚/ | /jĭaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯ɛk̚/ | /i̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xí | yáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zik$^6$ | joeng$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢAk laŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljaːɡ laŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 夕 | 陽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xī | yáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjek › | ‹ yang › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-ɢAk/ | /*laŋ/ |
| English | evening, night | bright |
| 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 | 夕 | 陽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13227 | 14590 |
| Phonetic component | 夕 | 昜 |
| Rime group | 鐸 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 席 | 陽 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljaːɡ/ | /*laŋ/ |

### Noun

夕陽
* setting sun; sunset
    From: 1924, Zhu Ziqing, 《槳聲燈影裡的秦淮河》
    Xīyáng yǐ qù, jiǎoyuè fāng lái. [Pinyin]
    The sun had set and the bright moon had risen.
* (figurative) old age
* (Classical, by extension) western side of a mountain or hill (the side that faces the setting sun)

#### Synonyms

* (setting sun): 落日 (luòrì); (literary) 斜陽／斜阳 (xiéyáng), 殘陽／残阳 (cányáng), 夕日 (xīrì); (Hokkien) 西照日
* 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 晚年 (wǎnnián)
* 暮年 (mùnián)
* 白頭 / 白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
* 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
* 老年 (lǎonián)
* 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
* 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
* 遲暮 / 迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
* 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
* 餘年 / 余年 (yúnián)

#### Derived terms

* 夕陽西下 / 夕阳西下 (xīyángxīxià)
* 夕陽餘暉 / 夕阳余晖

### Adjective

夕陽
* (attributive) declining; waning

#### Derived terms

* 夕陽工業 / 夕阳工业

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 夕 | 陽 |
| ゆう Grade: 1 | ひ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 夕陽 – see the following entry. :
| 【ゆうひ】 | [noun] the setting sun [noun] sunset Alternative spelling 夕日 |
(This term, 夕陽, is an alternative spelling (poetic) of the above term.) :