日升月恆

See also: 日升月恒

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	to raise; to hoist; to promote to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint	moon; month	permanent
trad. (日升月恆)		日	升	月	恆
simp. (日升月恒)		日	升	月	恒
Literally: “the sun rises and the moon waxes”.

Etymology

From Shijing:

如月之恆、如日之升。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

如月之恒、如日之升。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Rú yuè zhī héng, rú rì zhī shēng. [Pinyin]

Like the moon advancing to the full,
Like the sun ascending the heavens.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rìshēngyuèhéng

(Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄕㄥㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ sing¹ jyut⁶ hang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rìshēngyuèhéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄕㄥㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rìhshengyuèhéng
  - Wade–Giles: jih⁴-shêng¹-yüeh⁴-hêng²
  - Yale: r̀-shēng-ywè-héng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhshengyuehherng
  - Palladius: жишэнъюэхэн (žišɛnʺjuexɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ xɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat⁶ sing¹ jyut⁶ hang⁴
  - Yale: yaht sīng yuht hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ sing¹ jyt⁹ hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ xing¹ yud⁶ heng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² sɪŋ⁵⁵ jyːt̚² hɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

日升月恆

(figuratively) in the ascendant; ever increasing

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