當頭白日

Chinese

		right on someone's head; overhead; head on right on someone's head; overhead; head on; in someone's face; directly	the sun; daytime; during the day
trad. (當頭白日)		當頭	白日
simp. (当头白日)		当头	白日

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tng-thâu-pe̍h-ji̍t / tng-thâu-pe̍h-li̍t / tng-thâu-pe̍eh-ji̍t

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-thâu-pe̍h-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tng-thâu-pe̍h-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngtau'peqjit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ zit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-thâu-pe̍h-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tng-thâu-pe̍h-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngtau'peqlit
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-thâu-pe̍eh-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tng-thâu-pe̍eh-ji̍t
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zit̚¹²¹/

Idiom

當頭白日

1. (Hokkien) in broad daylight

Synonyms

• 光天化日 (guāngtiānhuàrì)
• 大天白日 (dàtiānbáirì)
• 大白天 (dàbáitiān)

Dialectal synonyms of 光天化日 (“in broad daylight”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		光天化日
Cantonese	Guangzhou	日光日白
	Hong Kong	日光日白
Southern Min	Xiamen	當頭白日
	Quanzhou	長晝白日, 當頭白日
	Zhangzhou	大當白日, 當頭白日
	Taipei	當頭白日 GT
	Kaohsiung	當頭白日 GT
	Shantou	透堂白日
	Jieyang	透堂白日
Wu	Shanghai	大白天亮
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 當頭白日，雨潑對天窗入來／当头白日，雨泼对天窗入来