陽春

See also: 阳春

Chinese

		positive (electric.); sun; male	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (陽春)		陽	春
simp. (阳春)		阳	春

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yángchūn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ ceon¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông-chhun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yángchūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yángchun
  - Wade–Giles: yang²-chʻun¹
  - Yale: yáng-chwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangchuen
  - Palladius: янчунь (jančunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ ceon¹
  - Yale: yèuhng chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ tsoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ cên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-chhun
  - Tâi-lô: iông-tshun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongzhwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

Noun

陽春

(archaic) warm spring day
short for 陽春白雪／阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě)
1. (archaic, idiomatic) anything refined and elegant, (particularly) something whose refinement and elegance is unappreciated by the boors who possess it.
2. (archaic) any refined and elegant song

Derived terms

小陽春 / 小阳春 (xiǎoyángchūn)
有腳陽春 / 有脚阳春
白雪陽春 / 白雪阳春
陽春有腳 / 阳春有脚
陽春白雪 / 阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě)
陽春麵 / 阳春面 (yángchūnmiàn)

Proper noun

陽春

(literary) the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar
(～市) Yangchun (a county-level city of Yangjiang, Guangdong, China)
(～社區) Yangchun (a community in Guanshan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

(3rd lunar month):

三春 (sānchūn)
季春 (jìchūn)
春尾 (Puxian Min)
暮春 (Mùchūn)
暮月
桃月 (Táoyuè)
炳月
綢月 / 绸月
蠶月 / 蚕月 (cányuè)
辰月 (Chényuè)
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
陽	春
よう Grade: 3	しゅん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

陽(よう)春(しゅん) • (yōshun)

a warm and lively spring day
the first month of the lunar calendar
Synonym: 正月 (shōgatsu)