入冬

Chinese

		to enter	winter
trad. (入冬)		入	冬
simp. ^#(入冬)		入	冬
Literally: “enter winter”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rùdōng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi̍p-tûng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ji̍p-tang / li̍p-tang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rùdōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rùdong
  - Wade–Giles: ju⁴-tung¹
  - Yale: rù-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhdong
  - Palladius: жудун (žudun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi̍p-tûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngib dung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngib⁶ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋip̚⁵ tuŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-tang
  - Tâi-lô: ji̍p-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jibdafng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zip̚⁴⁻³² taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ taŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-tang
  - Tâi-lô: li̍p-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: libdafng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² taŋ³³/

Verb

入冬

to begin the winter season

Synonyms

(Eastern Min) 落冬