土曜日

Mandarin · pinyin Tǔ yào rì

Meanings

  1. Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
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土
tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
曜
yào · glorious, as sun; daylight, sunlight; one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
日
rì · sun; day; daytime
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3–4–4 · Tu3 yao4 ri4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tou2 jiu6 jat6

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noun

  1. (Classical) Saturday

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