中元節

中元節

Chinese

		the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month; Ghost Day; Ghost Festival	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (中元節)		中元	節
simp. (中元节)		中元	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngyuánjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jyun⁴ zit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-ngièn-chiet / chûng-ngiàn-chiet

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōngyuánjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongyuanjye
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyuánjié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ jyun⁴ zit³
    • Yale: jūng yùhn jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jyn⁴ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yun⁴ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹ t͡siːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-ngièn-chiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ ngienˇ jied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung<sup>1</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup> jiad<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹ t͡ɕi̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-ngiàn-chiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ ngianˇ jied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian² jiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹ t͡ɕi̯et̚²/

Noun

中元節

1. (Taoism) Ghost Festival

Synonyms

• 地官誕／地官诞
• 盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (Yúlánpénhuì)
• 盂蘭盆節／盂兰盆节 (Yúlánpénjié)
• 普渡 (pǔdù)
• 鬼節／鬼节 (guǐjié)
• (Min Nan) 鬼仔節／鬼仔节, 徛旗, 普祀, 七月半 (qīyuèbàn)