七月半

Chinese

		July; The modern name of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar.	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (七月半)		七月	半
simp. ^#(七月半)		七月	半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): qīyuèbàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi² yue² ban⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ jyut⁶ bun³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cih⁶ guei⁷ bua⁴ / cih⁶ guei⁷ buann⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhit-ge̍h-pòaⁿ / chhit-ge̍rh-pòaⁿ / chhit-goe̍h-pòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): cig⁴ ghuêh⁸ buan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīyuèbàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciyuèbàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-yüeh⁴-pan⁴
  - Yale: chī-ywè-bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiyuehbann
  - Palladius: циюэбань (cijuebanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: qi² yue² ban⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki ye ban
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹ ye²¹ pan²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cat¹ jyut⁶ bun³
  - Yale: chāt yuht bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ jyt⁹ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ yud⁶ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jyːt̚² puːn³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cih⁶ guei⁷ bua⁴ [Phonetic: cih⁷ guei¹ mua⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chih-go̍ih-bua̍ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiʔ²¹⁻⁴ kuei¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mua⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cih⁶ guei⁷ buann⁴ [Phonetic: cih⁷ guei¹ mua⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiʔ²⁻⁴ kuei²⁴⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mua⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-ge̍h-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshit-ge̍h-puànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chitgeqpvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ puã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ puã¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-ge̍rh-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshit-ge̍rh-puànn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² puã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-goe̍h-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshit-gue̍h-puànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chitgoeqpvoax
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ puã²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ puã²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cig⁴ ghuêh⁸ buan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshik gue̍h puàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰik̚²⁻⁴ ɡueʔ⁴⁻² pũã²¹³/

Noun

七月半

(regional) Ghost Festival

Synonyms

中元節／中元节 (zhōngyuánjié)
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)
(Jin) 七月十五
(Hokkien) 鬼仔節／鬼仔节, 徛旗, 普祀

Derived terms

七月半鴨毋知死 / 七月半鸭毋知死

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “七月半”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 97.