指日可待

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Chinese

		point at the sun; at an early date	to be about to happen; about to; on the point of to be about to happen; about to; on the point of; going to; soon; at hand; around the corner
trad. (指日可待)		指日	可待
simp. ^#(指日可待)		指日	可待

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐrìkědài

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄖˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jat⁶ ho² doi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐrìkědài
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄖˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhrìhkědài
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-jih⁴-kʻo³-tai⁴
  - Yale: jř-r̀-kě-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyryhkeeday
  - Palladius: чжижикэдай (čžižikɛdaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² jat⁶ ho² doi⁶
  - Yale: jí yaht hó doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jat⁹ ho² doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² yed⁶ ho² doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚² hɔː³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: tsyijX nyit khaX dojX

Rime
Character	指	日	可	待
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	日 (38)	溪 (29)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	質 (48)	歌 (94)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I	I
Fanqie	職雉切	人質切	枯我切	徒亥切
Baxter	tsyijX	nyit	khaX	dojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕˠiɪ^X/	/ȵiɪt̚/	/kʰɑ^X/	/dʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕᵚi^X/	/ȵit̚/	/kʰɑ^X/	/dəi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɪ^X/	/ȵʑjet̚/	/kʰɑ^X/	/dɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cji^X/	/ȵit̚/	/kʰa^X/	/dəj^X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕji^X/	/ȵiĕt̚/	/kʰɑ^X/	/dᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕi^X/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/	/kʰɑ^X/	/dɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi^X/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/	/kʰɑ^X/	/dʱɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ	rì	kě	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi²	jat⁶	ho²	doi⁶

Idiom

指日可待

to be expected soon; to be not a long way off

Synonyms

計日而待／计日而待 (jìrì'érdài)

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