初夜

初夜

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	night
simp. and trad. (初夜)		初	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ je⁶
• Wu (Wiktionary): tshu hhia (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chūyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuyeh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ je⁶
    • Yale: chō yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ yé⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tshu hhia (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰv̩ʷ⁵⁵ ɦia̱²¹/

Noun

初夜

1. first night (of sex); wedding night
2. early evening

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	夜
しょ Grade: 4	や Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

初夜 (hiragana しょや, rōmaji shoya)

1. the bridal (wedding) night

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Korean

Hanja in this term
初	夜

Noun

初夜 • (choya) (hangeul 초야)

1. Hanja form^? of 초야 (“the bridal (wedding) night”).