春夏秋冬

Chinese

spring (season) summer autumn winter
trad. (春夏秋冬) 春 夏 秋 冬
simp. #(春夏秋冬) 春 夏 秋 冬

Pronunciation

Idiom

春夏秋冬

  1. four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter; a year
  • 春天 (chūntiān, “spring (season)”)
  • 夏天 (xiàtiān, “summer”)
  • 秋天 (qiūtiān, “autumn”)
  • 冬天 (dōngtiān, “winter”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (春夏秋冬):

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
春 夏 秋 冬
しゅん
Grade: 2 		か
Grade: 2 		しゅう
Grade: 2 		とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), borrowed from Chinese 春夏秋冬 (chūnxiàqiūdōng).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゅんかしゅうとー [shúꜜǹkàshùùtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨ̃ŋka̠ɕɨːto̞ː]

Noun

春(しゅん)夏(か)秋(しゅう)冬(とう) • (shunkashūtō) ←しゆんかしうとう (syunkasiutou)?

  1. the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter
    Synonym: 四季 (shiki)
  2. (by extension) a whole year
    Synonym: 一年 (ichinen)

See also

Seasons in Japanese · 四(し)季(き) (shiki, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
春(はる) (haru, “spring”)
春(しゅん)季(き) (shunki, “spring”)
春(しゅん)期(き) (shunki, “spring period”) 		夏(なつ) (natsu, “summer”)
夏(か)季(き) (kaki, “summer”)
夏(か)期(き) (kaki, “summer period”) 		秋(あき) (aki, “fall; autumn”)
秋(しゅう)季(き) (shūki, “fall; autumn”)
秋(しゅう)期(き) (shūki, “fall period”) 		冬(ふゆ) (fuyu, “winter”)
冬(とう)季(き) (tōki, “winter”)
冬(とう)期(き) (tōki, “winter period”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
春夏秋冬

Noun

春夏秋冬 • (chunhachudong) (hangeul 춘하추동)

  1. hanja form? of 춘하추동 (“the four seasons; all the year round; always”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
春夏秋冬

Noun

春夏秋冬

  1. chữ Hán form of xuân hạ thu đông (“the four seasons”)
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