社賽

See also: 社赛

Chinese

		society; group	to compete; competition; match
trad. (社賽)		社	賽
simp. (社赛)		社	赛

Etymology

short for: 春社 or 秋社 + 迎神賽會

This festival is observed on the 5th day which begins with Yang earth (戊) (see Sexagenary cycle), after lichun and liqiu respectively.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèsài

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄙㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèsài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄙㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèsài
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴-sai⁴
  - Yale: shè-sài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehsay
  - Palladius: шэсай (šɛsaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ saɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

社賽

(archaic) a village festival celebrating the earth god

See also

春社 (chūnshè)
秋社 (qiūshè)

References

Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 4, page 56, note 29 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN