春節

春節

See also: 春节

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	festival
trad. (春節)		春	節
simp. (春节)		春	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ zit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-chiet
• Min Dong (BUC): chŭng-cáik
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-chiat / chhun-cheh / chhun-choeh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹ zoih⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): tshen jiq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chūnjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenjye
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunjié
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰwən˥ t͡ɕjɛ˧˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ zit³
    • Yale: chēun jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ jid³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵn˥ t͡siːt˧/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-chiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun´ jied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ jiad⁵
    • IPA: /t͡sʰun˨˦ t͡ɕi̯et̚˨/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng-cáik
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ˥⁻˥˧ ^(t͡s-)ʒaiʔ˨˦/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhunciad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun˧˧ t͡ɕiɛt˥/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun˦˦꜕꜕ t͡ɕiɛt˧˨/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun˦˦꜔꜔ t͡ɕiɛt˧˨/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-cheh
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-tseh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhunzeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun˦˦꜔꜔ t͡seʔ˧˨/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-choeh
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-tsueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhunzoeq
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun˦˦꜔꜔ t͡sueʔ˧˨/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cung¹ zoih⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshung tsoih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³⁻²³ t͡soiʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tshen jiq (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰəɲ˥ t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ˨˩/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰiuɪn  t͡set̚/▼

Rime
Character	春	節
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	昌脣切	子結切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/	/t͡set̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin/	/t͡set̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/	/t͡set̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/	/t͡siet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/	/t͡siet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn	jie

Noun

春節

1. spring; springtime
2. (dated) Alternative name for 立春 (Lìchūn).
3. Chinese New Year; Spring Festival

Synonyms

• (Chinese New Year): 農曆新年／农历新年 (nónglì xīnnián); (literary) 年節／年节 (niánjié); (Malaysia) 華人新年／华人新年 (Huárén xīnnián); (Min Nan) 新正 (xīnzhēng)

See also

• 尾牙 (wěiyá)
• 元宵 (yuánxiāo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
春	節
しゅん Grade: 2	せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝɰ̃se̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

春節 (hiragana しゅんせつ, rōmaji shunsetsu)

1. spring, springtime
2. Chinese New Year, Spring Festival

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Korean

Hanja in this term
春	節

Noun

春節 • (chunjeol) (hangeul 춘절)

1. Hanja form^? of 춘절 (“spring, springtime; Chinese New Year, Spring Festival”).