東隅

See also: 东隅

Chinese

		east	corner
trad. (東隅)		東	隅
simp. (东隅)		东	隅
Literally: “the eastern corner”.

Etymology

Used as a metaphor to describe the spot where the sun comes out; morning.

可謂失之東隅，收之桑榆 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

可谓失之东隅，收之桑榆 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: c. 398 - 445: Fan Ye (范瞱), Book of Later Han, Scroll 17, The Biography of Feng Yi (後漢書˙卷十七˙馮異傳)

kěwèi shī zhī dōngyú, shōu zhī sāngyú [Pinyin]

It may be said that if one loses it in the morning, one gains it (back) at sunset.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōngyú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ jyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dōngyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dongyú
  - Wade–Giles: tung¹-yü²
  - Yale: dūng-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongyu
  - Palladius: дунъюй (dunʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ jyu⁴
  - Yale: dūng yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

Noun

東隅

morning; daybreak
eastern side (of a room)

Derived terms

失之東隅，收之桑榆／失之东隅，收之桑榆 (shī zhī dōngyú, shōu zhī sāngyú)

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