旬阳 旬陽

旬

• 上旬 shàng xún ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ soeng6 ceon4 first third of a month
• 下旬 xià xún ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ haa6 ceon4 last third of the month
• 中旬 zhōng xún ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄣˊ zung1 ceon4 middle third of a month
• 七旬 qī xún ㄑㄧ ㄒㄩㄣˊ cat1 ceon4 70 years; one's seventies
• 八旬 bā xún ㄅㄚ ㄒㄩㄣˊ baat3 ceon4 80 years; one's eighties

阳 陽

• 太阳 太陽 tài yang ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄧㄤ taai3 joeng4 sun
• 阳光 陽光 yáng guāng ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄤ joeng4 gwong1 sunshine
• 阳性 陽性 yáng xìng ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ joeng4 sing3 positive
• 阳台 陽臺 yáng tái ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄞˊ joeng4 toi4 balcony
• 太阳能 太陽能 tài yáng néng ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄋㄥˊ taai3 joeng4 nang4 solar energy

• 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí ㄙㄢ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ saam1 ceon4 gau2 sik6 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
• 旬输月送 旬輸月送 xún shū yuè sòng ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄩㄝˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ceon4 syu1 jyut6 sung3 pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands

• 洛阳纸贵 洛陽紙貴 Luò yáng zhǐ guì ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄓˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ lok3 joeng4 zi2 gwai3 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
• 夕阳西下 夕陽西下 xī yáng xī xià ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ zik6 joeng4 sai1 haa6 the sun sets in the west (idiom)
• 阳奉阴违 陽奉陰違 yáng fèng yīn wéi ㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˊ joeng4 fung6 jam1 wai4 outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service