春光

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (春光)		春	光

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūnguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ gwong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhûn-kông

(Hailu, HRS): chun^ˋ gong^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūnguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chunguang
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-kuang¹
  - Yale: chwūn-gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenguang
  - Palladius: чуньгуан (čunʹguan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ gwong¹
  - Yale: chēun gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ gong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chun^ˋ gong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰun⁵³ koŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-kong
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhunkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

春光

spring scenery; radiance of springtime
(figuratively) lust; sexual intercourse
(figuratively) exposed skin (e.g. cleavage); good figure
- 趙薇俯身鞠躬慷慨洩春光 [MSC, trad.]
  赵薇俯身鞠躬慷慨泄春光 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2009, 赵薇膝盖惊现乌青瘀痕俯身鞠躬慷慨泄春光
  Zhào Wēi fǔshēn jūgōng kāngkǎi xiè chūnguāng [Pinyin]
  Zhao Wei bows and exposes a generous amount of cleavage
(figuratively, literary) age

Synonyms

春色 (chūnsè)

Derived terms

九十春光
春光如海
春光明媚 (chūnguāngmíngmèi)
春光漏泄
春光融融
漏洩春光 / 漏泄春光