賀正

See also: 贺正

Chinese

		congratulate	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
trad. (賀正)		賀	正
simp. (贺正)		贺	正

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hèzhēng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ ㄓㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁶ zing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō-chiaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hèzhēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ ㄓㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hèjheng
  - Wade–Giles: ho⁴-chêng¹
  - Yale: hè-jēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehjeng
  - Palladius: хэчжэн (xɛčžɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁶ zing³
  - Yale: hoh jing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁶ dzing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁶ jing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²² t͡sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-chiaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hō-tsiann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoixcviaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹⁻²² t͡siã³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho³³⁻¹¹ t͡siã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴/

Verb

賀正

to exchange compliments on Lunar New Year's Day

Synonyms

拜年 (bàinián)
拜正 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
拜歲 / 拜岁 (Ningbonese)
賀年 / 贺年 (hènián)
賀歲 / 贺岁 (hèsuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賀	正
が Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

賀(が)正(しょう) • (gashō)

good wishes for the New Year