春風

See also: 春风

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (春風)		春	風
simp. (春风)		春	风

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūnfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ fung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'cun¹ fung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-fûng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūnfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chunfong
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-fêng¹
  - Yale: chwūn-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenfeng
  - Palladius: чуньфэн (čunʹfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ fung¹
  - Yale: chēun fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'cun¹ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sʰun⁴² fuŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-fûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ fung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhunhofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyhwin pjuwng

Rime
Character	春	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昌脣切	方戎切
Baxter	tsyhwin	pjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/	/pɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin/	/piuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen/	/piuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin/	/puwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/	/piuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/	/pĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/	/pi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn	fēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon¹	fung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰun prəm/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjun plum/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	春	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chūn	fēng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhwin ›	‹ pjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰun/	/*prəm/
English	springtime	wind (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	春	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	12573	2921
Phonetic component	屯	凡
Rime group	文	侵
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	春	風
Old Chinese	/*tʰjun/	/*plum/
Notes	說文從艸從日屯聲，實屯繁化轉註字

Noun

春風

(literally) spring breeze; warm breeze in spring
春風送來春天的問候。 [MSC, trad.]
春风送来春天的问候。 [MSC, simp.]
Chūnfēng sòng lái chūntiān de wènhòu. [Pinyin]
Spring greets us with its warm breeze.
(figurative) favour; grace
(figurative) education; teaching; guidance
(figurative) kindly and pleasant countenance; face beaming with joy
(figurative) lovemaking; sexual union

Synonyms

(spring breeze): (literary, poetic) 東風／东风 (dōngfēng)

Derived terms

一度春風 / 一度春风
化雨春風 / 化雨春风 (huàyǔchūnfēng)
口角春風 / 口角春风
和氣春風 / 和气春风
嘴上春風 / 嘴上春风
坐春風 / 坐春风
如坐春風 / 如坐春风
如沐春風 / 如沐春风 (rúmùchūnfēng)
幾度春風 / 几度春风
料峭春風 / 料峭春风
斬草不除根，春風吹又生 / 斩草不除根，春风吹又生 (zhǎn cǎo bù chúgēn, chūnfēng chuī yòu shēng)
春風一度 / 春风一度
春風不入驢耳 / 春风不入驴耳
春風中坐 / 春风中坐
春風人面 / 春风人面
春風化雨 / 春风化雨 (chūnfēnghuàyǔ)
春風和氣 / 春风和气
春風報罷 / 春风报罢
春風夏雨 / 春风夏雨
春風得志 / 春风得志
春風得意 / 春风得意 (chūnfēngdéyì)
春風沂水 / 春风沂水
春風滿面 / 春风满面
春風藹吉 / 春风蔼吉
春風野火 / 春风野火
春風雨露 / 春风雨露
春風面 / 春风面
春風風人 / 春风风人 (chūnfēngfèngrén)
春風風人，夏雨雨人 / 春风风人，夏雨雨人
春風馬耳 / 春风马耳
時雨春風 / 时雨春风
桃李春風 / 桃李春风
沂水春風 / 沂水春风
沐浴春風 / 沐浴春风
滿臉春風 / 满脸春风
滿袖春風 / 满袖春风
滿面春風 / 满面春风 (mǎnmiànchūnfēng)
秋月春風 / 秋月春风
筆下春風 / 笔下春风
筆底春風 / 笔底春风
行下春風望夏雨 / 行下春风望夏雨
行得春風望夏雨 / 行得春风望夏雨
過耳春風 / 过耳春风
醉春風 / 醉春风
野火燒不盡，春風吹又生 / 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生
馬耳春風 / 马耳春风

References

“春風”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
春	風
はる Grade: 2	かぜ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

春(はる) (haru, “spring”) + 風(かぜ) (kaze, “wind”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はるかぜ [hàrúꜜkàzè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟ka̠ze̞]

Noun

春(はる)風(かぜ) • (harukaze)

spring breeze

Related terms

東風(こち) (kochi, “east wind”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
春	風
しゅん Grade: 2	ふう > ぷう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅんぷう [shùńpúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃mpɯ̟ː]

Noun

春(しゅん)風(ぷう) • (shunpū)

synonym of 春風 (harukaze)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
春	風

Noun

春風 • (chunpung) (hangeul 춘풍)

hanja form^? of 춘풍

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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