今宵

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnxiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ siu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnxiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinsiao
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-hsiao¹
  - Yale: jīn-syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinshiau
  - Palladius: цзиньсяо (czinʹsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ siu¹
  - Yale: gām sīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ siu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ xiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

今宵

(literary) tonight

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (今宵):

→ Korean: 금소(今宵) (geumso)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今	宵
こ Grade: 2	よい Grade: S
irregular	kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨ko₂ yo₂pi₁⟩ → */kəjəpʲi/ → /kojofi/ → /kojowi/ → /kojoi/

From Old Japanese. Compound of 此 (ko, “this”) +‎ 宵 (yoi, “evening”).[1][2]

The use of 今 (“now”) to spell the ko ("this") portion is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こよい [kòyóí] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞jo̞i]

Noun

今(こ)宵(よい) • (koyoi) ^{←こよひ (koyofi)^?}

(poetic) this evening, tonight
Synonyms: 今晩 (konban), 今夜 (kon'ya)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū, (book 14, poem 3469):
  ,[4] text here
  由布氣尓毛(ゆふけにも)許余比(こよひ)登乃良路(とのらろ)和賀西奈波(わがせなは)阿是曽母(あぜぞも)許与比(こよひ)与斯呂伎麻左奴(よしろきまさぬ) [Man'yōgana]
  夕(ゆふ)占(け)にもこよひと告(の)らろ我(わ)が背(せ)なはあぜぞもこよひ寄(よ)しろ来(き)まさぬ [Modern spelling]
  yūke ni mo koyoi to noraro waga sena wa aze zo mo koyoi yoshiro-kimasenu
  (please add an English translation of this example)
(in the morning, from the perspective of “this night (that has just ended)”) last night
Synonyms: 昨晩 (sakuban), 夕べ (yūbe)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.

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[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[4] Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.