春雨

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	rain
trad. (春雨)		春	雨
simp. ^#(春雨)		春	雨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūnyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ jyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-yí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūnyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chunyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-yü³
  - Yale: chwūn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenyeu
  - Palladius: чуньюй (čunʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ jyu⁵
  - Yale: chēun yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ i^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴ i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ (r)i^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴ (j)i³¹/

Noun

春雨

(literally) spring rain
(literary, figurative) gift from above; favour bestowed by a superior

Derived terms

春雨如油
春雨秋霜
春雨貴如油 / 春雨贵如油
杏花春雨

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
春	雨
はる Grade: 2	さめ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/parusame/ → /ɸarusame/ → /harusame/

Compound of 春 (haru, “spring”) +‎ 雨 (ame, “rain”).^[1]^[2] The medial -s- may represent epenthesis between two vowels, or it may be cognate with Korean interfix -ㅅ- (-s-) used to mark possession, much like English -'s. See also 小雨 (kosame, “drizzle”) and 稲 (shine, “rice”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はるさめ [hàrúsámé] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟sa̠me̞]

Noun

春(はる)雨(さめ) • (harusame)

spring rain
cellophane noodle, glass noodle – a type of transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, potato or canna starch), and water.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
春	雨
しゅん Grade: 2	う Grade: 1
on'yomi

Borrowing from Middle Chinese 春雨 (MC tsyhwin hjuX, “spring + rain”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅんう [shúꜜǹ'ù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ɰ̃ɯ̟]

Noun

春(しゅん)雨(う) • (shun'u)

spring rain

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
春	雨

Noun

春雨 • (chunu) (hangeul 춘우)

hanja form^? of 춘우 (“spring rain”)

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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