聖誕節

聖誕節

See also: 圣诞节

Chinese

		birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (聖誕節)		聖誕	節
simp. (圣诞节)		圣诞	节
Literally: “holy birth festival”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèngdànjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³ zit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sṳn-tan-chiet / Sṳn-than-chiet
• Min Dong (BUC): Séng-dáng-cáik
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sèng-tàn-choeh / Sèng-tàn-cheh / Sèng-tàn-chiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sian³ dang³ zoih⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): sen te jiq (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngdànjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngdànjié
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tan⁴-chieh²
    • Yale: Shèng-dàn-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqdannjye
    • Palladius: Шэнданьцзе (Šɛndanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹ t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ daan³ zit³
    • Yale: sing daan jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ t͡siːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳn-tan-chiet / Sṳn-than-chiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin dan jied` / siin tan jied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ dan⁴ jiad⁵ / sin⁴ tan⁴ jiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tan⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯et̚²/, /sɨn⁵⁵ tʰan⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯et̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Séng-dáng-cáik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻²¹ ^(t-)naŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒaiʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn-choeh
    • Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn-tsueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnzoeq
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Philippines): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sueʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn-cheh
    • Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn-tseh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnzeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡seʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnciad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sian³ dang³ zoih⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàⁿ tàng tsoih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡soiʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sen te jiq (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səɲ³³ te̞⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ²¹/

Proper noun

聖誕節

1. Christmas (Christian holiday)

   聖誕節快樂！／圣诞节快乐！  ―  Shèngdànjié kuàilè!  ―  Merry Christmas!

   聖誕節快樂！／圣诞节快乐！ [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  sing³ daan³ zit³ faai³ lok⁶! [Jyutping]  ―  Merry Christmas!

   聖誕節快樂！／圣诞节快乐！ [Hokkien]  ―  Sèng-tàn-cheh khoài-lo̍k! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Merry Christmas!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕節 (“Christmas”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕節, 聖誕
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕, 聖誕節, 耶誕, 耶誕節
	Singapore	聖誕節
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕, 聖誕節, 老番冬 dated
	Taishan	聖誕節
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖誕節
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖誕節
Min Dong	Matsu	聖誕節
Min Nan	Xiamen	聖誕, 聖誕節, 救主誕, 救主聖誕
	Quanzhou	聖誕
	Zhangzhou	聖誕, 救主誕
	Tainan	聖誕節
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛冬節
	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕, 聖誕節

Derived terms

聖誕節蛋糕／圣诞节蛋糕 (shèngdànjié dàngāo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	誕	節
せい Grade: 6	たん Grade: 6	せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
聖誕節 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 聖誕節.

Proper noun

聖(せい)誕(たん)節(せつ) • (Seitansetsu) 

1. Synonym of クリスマス (Kurisumasu, “Christmas”) (Christian holiday)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	誕	節

Noun

聖誕節 • (Seongtanjeol or McCune-Reischauer: Sŏngt'anjŏl or Yale: Sēngthancel) (hangeul 성탄절)

1. Hanja form^? of 성탄절 (“Christmas”).