暮春

Chinese

		evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (暮春)		暮	春
simp. ^#(暮春)		暮	春

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mùchūn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mùchūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mùchun
  - Wade–Giles: Mu⁴-chʻun¹
  - Yale: Mù-chwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Muhchuen
  - Palladius: Мучунь (Mučunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

Proper noun

暮春

(literary) "The End of Spring", a name for the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

三春 (sānchūn)
季春 (jìchūn)
春尾 (Puxian Min)
暮月
桃月 (Táoyuè)
炳月
綢月 / 绸月
蠶月 / 蚕月 (cányuè)
辰月 (Chényuè)
陽春 / 阳春 (yángchūn)
鶯月 / 莺月
鸝月 / 鹂月

See also

Month of the Year:
- Previous: 杏月 (Xìngyuè)
- Next: 梅月 (Méiyuè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暮	春
ぼ Grade: 6	しゅん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

暮(ぼ)春(しゅん) • (boshun)

late spring
third month of the lunar calendar
Synonym: 弥生 (yayoi)