# 日日
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rìrì
    (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄖˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jat$^6$ jat$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngit$^1$ ngit$^{1-4}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): nyit$^6$ nyit
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngit-ngit
    (Hailu, HRS): ngid ngid
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngid$^5$ ngid$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nĭk-nĭk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-li̍t / ji̍t-ji̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rig$^8$ rig$^8$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yieg$^8$ yieg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$gniq-gniq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rìrì
*** Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄖˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rìhrìh
*** Wade–Giles: jih$^4$-jih$^4$
*** Yale: r̀-r̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhryh
*** Palladius: жижи (žiži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^6$ jat$^6$
*** Yale: yaht yaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^9$ jat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^6$ yed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚² jɐt̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngit$^1$ ngit$^{1-4}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡit̚³³ ᵑɡit̚³³⁻²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: nyit$^6$ nyit
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲit̚⁵ n̠ʲit̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-ngit
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngid$^ˋ$ ngid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngid$^5$ ngid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚² ŋit̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngid ngid
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋit⁵⁻² ŋit⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngid$^5$ ngid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚¹ ŋit̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk-nĭk
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡiʔ⁵⁻³³ nˡiʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-li̍t
*** Tâi-lô: li̍t-li̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lidlit
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻² lit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² lit̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-ji̍t
*** Tâi-lô: ji̍t-ji̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jidjit
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² zit̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: rig$^8$ rig$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍k ji̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zik̚⁴⁻² d͡zik̚⁴/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: yieg$^8$ yieg$^8$
*** Sinological IPA: /ziek̚² ziek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$gniq-gniq
*** MiniDict: nyih$^入$ nyih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$nyiq-nyiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ n̠ʲiɪʔ²³/

### Adverb

日日
* (literary, formal or dialectal) daily; every day; day by day

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 日日, 旦旦 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 每天, 每日, 天天, 日日 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 每天, 天天兒, 見天兒, 見天, 見見, 見天見, 每日價, 每天每 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 每天, 天天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 天天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 天天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 天天, 每天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 天天, 每天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 每天, 天天, 見天價, 見天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 每天, 見天, 見天見兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 每天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 每天, 天天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 天天, 見天兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 每天, 天天兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 每天, 天天兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 每天每 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 每天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 天天, 見天 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 每天, 天天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 每天, 天天, 見天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 天天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 見天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 見天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 每天, 天天兒, 日每 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 每天, 天天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 天天, 見天兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 每天, 天天, 論天子, 論天, 朝天子, 朝天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 天天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 天天兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 每天, 見天, 天天 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 每天, 天天 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 每天, 見天, 見個天, 天天 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 見天, 天天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 天天, 每天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Xindu) | 天天, 每天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 每天兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 每天, 每日, 天天, 天天每日 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 每天, 天天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 每天, 天天, 日日, 下下 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 每天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 每天, 天天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 每天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 每天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pematangsiantar | 每天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 每天, 天天, 天天天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 每天, 天天, 天天天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 天天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 每天, 天天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 朝朝每日 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 每日, 日日 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 每日 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 每日, 日日 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 每日, 日日 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 日日, 每日 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 日日, 每日 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 每日 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 每日 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 每日 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 日日, 每日 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 日日, 每日 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 每日 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 日日 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 日日 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 日日 |
| Gan | Pengze | 每日 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 日日 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 日日, 每日 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 每日, 日日 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 每日 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 每工, 每日, 工打工, 日打日 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 逐日 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 逐日 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 逐日仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 每日 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 逐日 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 每日 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 每日 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 逐日, 日日 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 逐日, 日日 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 逐日, 日日 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 逐日 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 逐日, 日日 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 日日 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 日日, 見天 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) | 每日 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 日日 |
| Hakka | Pingle (Tong'an) | 每日 |
| Hakka | Yangshuo (Jinbao) | 每一工 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) | 每日, 日日 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 每日 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 日朝, 每一日 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 每日, 日日 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 見天, 每天, 天天 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 兩天, 見天, 天每 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 日每, 天每 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 每天, 天每, 天天 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 每天 |
| Jin | Linhe | 天天, 每天每 |
| Jin | Jining | 每天 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 天天, 天每, 每天每 |
| Jin | Baotou | 每天 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 每天 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 天天 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 每天, 天天, 見天 |
| Jin | Handan | 每天 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 日日工工, 每工 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 每工 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 逐日, 兼逐日 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 兼蜀日 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 逐日, 日日, 每蜀工, 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 逐工 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 日日工 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 工工 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 日日, 每蜀日 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 逐日, 逐工, 日日 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 逐日, 逐工 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 逐日, 排日 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 逐日 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 每一日, 排日 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 逐工 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 逐工 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 逐日 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 逐日, 每日 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 逐逐日 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 逐工, 逐日 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 逐日 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 逐日, 逐工, 日日, 工工 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Xiaowen) | 每日 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Dongsheng) | 每日 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 每一日 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 每日 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 日日 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 日日, 排日 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 每日 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 每日 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 每日, 逐日, 日日 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 日日 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 每日 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 按日, 每日 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 每日, 每一日 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 逐工, 每工 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 工工 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 工工 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 日日 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 每日, 日日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 每日, 日日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Yangjia) | 每一日, 日日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Qianjing) | 每一日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 日日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 每日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 每日, 日日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Gaoqiao) | 每日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 每日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guanyang (Guanyinge) | 日日 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 日日, 天天, 每日, 日逐 dated, 日逐日 dated, 日朝 dated, 日多 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 日逐 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 每日, 日逐 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 日逐, 日朝 |
| Wu | Danyang | 每天, 天天家, 天天天 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 日日廂 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 每日, 逐日, 日日 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 日日, 日加日 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 每日, 日日 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 每天 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 日日, 每日 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 每天 |

#### Derived terms

* 日日夜夜 (rìrìyèyè)
* 日日如是 (rìrìrúshì)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 日 |
| ひ Grade: 1 | ひ > び Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 日々
Reduplication of 日 (hi, “sun; day”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
This is generally the most common reading for this kanji compound.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひび [híꜜbì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [çibʲi]

#### Adverb

日(ひ)日(び) • (hibi)
* day by day
    日(ひ)日(び)暑(あつ)くなるね。
       Hibi atsuku naru ne.
       It's getting hotter day by day, isn't it.

##### Synonyms

* 毎(まい)日(にち) (mainichi)
* 日(ひ)毎(ごと) (higoto) (when followed by adverbial particle に (ni))
* 日(ひ)に日(ひ)に (hi ni hi ni)

#### Noun

日(ひ)日(び) • (hibi)
* every day, daily
    日(ひ)日(び)の御(ご)飯(はん)
       hibi no gohan
       one's daily meals

##### Idioms

* 日(ひ)日(び)是(これ)好(こう)日(じつ) (hibi kore kōjitsu, “day in, day out, these are good days”)
* 日(ひ)日(び)に新(あら)たなり (hibi ni arata nari, “every day is a new day”)

##### Synonyms

* 毎(まい)日(にち) (mainichi)
* 日(ひ)毎(ごと) (higoto)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 日 |
| にち Grade: 1 | にち Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 日々
Reduplication of 日 (nichi, “sun; day”), using the on'yomi pronunciation.
This is a less-common reading for this kanji compound.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にちにち [nìchíníchí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɲ̟it͡ɕiɲ̟it͡ɕi]

#### Adverb

日(にち)日(にち) • (nichinichi)
* day by day

##### Synonyms

* 毎(まい)日(にち) (mainichi)
* 日(ひ)毎(ごと) (higoto) (when followed by adverbial particle に (ni))
* 日(ひ)に日(ひ)に (hi ni hi ni)

#### Noun

日(にち)日(にち) • (nichinichi)
* every day, daily

##### Idioms

* 日(にち)日(にち)是(これ)好(こう)日(じつ) (nichinichi kore kōjitsu, “day in, day out, these are good days”)

##### Derived terms

* 日(にち)日(にち)花(か) (nichinichika): Catharanthus roseus: Madagascar periwinkle, rosy periwinkle
* 日(にち)日(にち)草(そう) (nichinichisō): Catharanthus roseus: Madagascar periwinkle, rosy periwinkle

##### Synonyms

* 毎(まい)日(にち) (mainichi)
* 日(ひ)毎(ごと) (higoto)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 日 |
| ひ Grade: 1 | にち Grade: 1 |
| yutōyomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* 日々 日にち
Compound of 日 (hi, “sun; day”, using the native Japanese reading) +‎ 日 (nichi, “sun; day”, using the Chinese-derived reading).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひにち [hìníchí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çiɲ̟it͡ɕi]

#### Noun

日(ひ)日(にち) • (hinichi)
* a specific date
    日(ひ)日(にち)を決(き)める
       hinichi o kimeru
       to set a date
* days
    骨折(こっせつ)が直(なお)るまでどのくらい日(ひ)日(にち)が掛(か)かったの？
       Kossetsu ga naoru made dono kurai hinichi ga kakatta no?
       How many days did it take for your broken bone to heal?

##### Usage notes

Often spelled 日にち to avoid ambiguity.

##### Synonyms

* (date): 日(ひ)取(ど)り (hidori), 期(き)日(じつ) (kijitsu)
* (days): 日(にっ)数(すう) (nissū), 日(ひ)数(かず) (hikazu)

### References

* 1 2 3 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
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN