中秋
Chinese
Etymology 1
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing | ||
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trad. (中秋) | 中 | 秋 | |
simp. #(中秋) | 中 | 秋 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): zung1 qiu
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆ng-chiŭ
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tson-chieu
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhong1 ciou1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngqiū
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhongciou
- Wade–Giles: chung1-chʻiu1
- Yale: jūng-chyōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchiou
- Palladius: чжунцю (čžuncju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: zong1 qiu1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zungkiu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiəu⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: zhònciù [Phonetic: zhōnciù]
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhon1 ciu1 [Phonetic: zhon4 ciu1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂoŋ³¹⁻³³ t͡sʰiəɯ³¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zung1 cau1
- Yale: jūng chāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1 tsau1
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1 ceo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: zuung1 tiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ tʰiu³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-chhiû
- Hakka Romanization System: zungˊ qiuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zung1 qiu1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯u²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: zhungˋ ciuˋ
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃuŋ⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chhiu
- Tâi-lô: tiong-tshiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: diongchiw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰiu³³/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-chhiu
- Tâi-lô: ting-tshiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: dengchiw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰiu³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dong1 ciu1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong tshiu
- Sinological IPA (key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- Xiang
- Middle Chinese: trjuwng tshjuw
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ tsʰiw/
- (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ sʰɯw/
Noun
中秋
- mid-autumn, especially the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar
- (~節) Mid-Autumn Festival
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 中秋節 (“Mid-Autumn Festival”) [map]
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 中秋 – see 中鞦 (“swing”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 中鞦). |
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