春秋
Chinese
[edit]spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life |
autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing | ||
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trad. (春秋) | 春 | 秋 | |
simp. #(春秋) | 春 | 秋 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon1 cau1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-chhiû
- Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng-chiŭ
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-chhiu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chunciou
- Wade–Giles: chʻun1-chʻiu1
- Yale: chwūn-chyōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenchiou
- Palladius: чуньцю (čunʹcju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chunciour
- Wade–Giles: chʻun1-chʻiu1-ʼrh
- Yale: chwūn-chyōur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenchioul
- Palladius: чуньцюр (čunʹcjur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ceon1 cau1
- Yale: chēun chāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen1 tsau1
- Guangdong Romanization: cên1 ceo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-chhiû
- Hakka Romanization System: cunˊ qiuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cun1 qiu1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯u²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng-chiŭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ (t͡sʰ-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-chhiu
- Tâi-lô: tshun-tshiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhunchiw
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ t͡sʰiu³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: tsyhwin tshjuw
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰun tsʰiw/
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjun sʰɯw/
Noun
[edit]春秋
- (literally) spring and autumn
- (metonymically) the four seasons
- (figurative) a year's time; year
- (figurative) person's age
- 春秋鼎盛 ― chūnqiū dǐngshèng ― in the prime of one's life
- (figurative) time (as a general concept)
- (figurative) annal; chronicle of events by year
Derived terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]春秋
- the Spring and Autumn Annals (the chronicle of the state of Lu)
- the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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春 | 秋 |
しゅん Grade: 2 |
しゅう > じゅう Grade: 2 |
kan'on |
From Middle Chinese compound 春秋 (MC tsyhwin tshjuw, literally “spring and autumn”). The kan'on, so probably a shift in reading after initial borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) しゅんじゅう [shùńjúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) しゅんじゅう [shúꜜǹjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ɕɨ̃ɲ̟d͡ʑɨː]
Noun
[edit]- spring and autumn
- (metonymically) a year; (by extension) one's age
Proper noun
[edit]See also
[edit]- 五経 (Gokyō, “the Five Classics of Chinese literature”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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春 | 秋 |
はる Grade: 2 |
あき Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 春 (haru, “spring”) + 秋 (aki, “autumn”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- spring and autumn
- (metonymically) a year; (by extension) one's age
- 1212, Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki [The Ten-Foot Square Hut]:
- 四十あまりの春秋をおくれる間に
- yonjū amari no haruaki o okureru aida ni
- during the course of living some forty-odd years
- 四十あまりの春秋をおくれる間に
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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
Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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春 | 秋 |
Proper noun
[edit]春秋
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