聖誕

聖誕

See also: 圣诞

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	birth; birthday; brag birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
trad. (聖誕)		聖	誕
simp. (圣诞)		圣	诞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngdàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-tan
• Min Dong (BUC): séng-dáng
• Min Nan (POJ): sèng-tàn / sèng-tān
• Wu (Wiktionary): sen te (T2)

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèngdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ta̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ daan³
    • Yale: sing daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-tan
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin dan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ dan⁴
    • IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tan⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-dáng
    • IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nɑŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tàn
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdaxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tan²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tān
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tan²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sen te (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /səɲ³³ te̞⁴⁴/

Noun

聖誕

1. birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.

Usage notes

Often refers to Confucius's birthday.

Hyponyms

• 孔誕／孔诞
• 佛誕／佛诞 (Fódàn)
• 菩薩誕／菩萨诞

Proper noun

聖誕

1. Christmas

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕節 (“Christmas”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕節
Mandarin	Beijing	聖誕, 聖誕節
	Taiwan	聖誕, 聖誕節, 耶誕, 耶誕節
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聖誕, 聖誕節, 老番冬 dated
	Hong Kong	聖誕, 聖誕節, 老番冬 dated
	Taishan	聖誕, 聖誕節
Min Nan	Xiamen	聖誕, 聖誕節, 救主誕, 救主聖誕
	Quanzhou	聖誕, 聖誕節
	Zhangzhou	聖誕, 聖誕節, 救主誕
	Taipei	聖誕, 聖誕節, 耶誕, 耶誕節, 救主誕
	Penang	紅毛冬節
	Philippines (Manila)	聖誕, 聖誕節
	Chaozhou	聖誕節

Derived terms

聖誕卡／圣诞卡 (shèngdànkǎ) 聖誕夜／圣诞夜 (Shèngdànyè) 聖誕樹／圣诞树 (shèngdànshù)

聖誕節／圣诞节 (Shèngdànjié) 聖誕老人／圣诞老人 (Shèngdàn Lǎorén) 聖誕頌歌／圣诞颂歌 (shèngdàn sònggē)