斜陽

Chinese

		slanting	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (斜陽)		斜	陽
simp. (斜阳)		斜	阳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiéyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ joeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâ-iông / siâ-iâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiéyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siéyáng
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²-yang²
  - Yale: syé-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeyang
  - Palladius: сеян (sejan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce⁴ joeng⁴
  - Yale: chèh yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâ-iông
  - Tâi-lô: siâ-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sia'ioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /sia²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâ-iâng
  - Tâi-lô: siâ-iâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sia'iaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia¹³⁻²² iaŋ¹³/

Noun

斜陽

(literary) setting sun
- 1976, “前程錦繡”, 盧國沾 (lyrics), performed by 羅文:
  
  斜陽裡氣魄更壯　斜陽落下心中不必驚慌　知道聽朝天邊一光新的希望 [Cantonese, trad.]
  斜阳里气魄更壮　斜阳落下心中不必惊慌　知道听朝天边一光新的希望 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ce⁴ joeng⁴ leoi⁵ hei³ paak³ gang³ zong³, ce⁴ joeng⁴ lok⁶ haa⁶ sam¹ zung¹ bat¹ bit¹ ging¹ fong¹, zi¹ dou³ ting¹ ziu¹ tin¹ bin¹ jat¹ gwong¹ san¹ dik¹ hei¹ mong⁶ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng)
落日 (luòrì)
(literary) 殘陽／残阳 (cányáng), 夕日 (xīrì)
(Hokkien) 西照日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斜	陽
しゃ Grade: S	よう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゃよー [shàyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠jo̞ː]

Noun

斜(しゃ)陽(よう) • (shayō)

the setting sun; slanting rays of the evening sun
(figurative) decline, fading
斜陽(しゃよう)産業(さんぎょう)
shayō sangyō
a declining industry

References

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

“斜陽”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025