番仔正

Chinese

		foreigner; Westerner	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
trad. (番仔正)		番仔	正
simp. #(番仔正)		番仔	正

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-á-chiaⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-á-chiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huan-á-tsiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'afcviaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a³¹⁻²² t͡siã⁴⁴/

Noun

番仔正

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar)
2. (Penang Hokkien) Eid, especially Eid al-Fitr

Synonyms

• (New Year's Day): 元旦 (yuándàn)

Dialectal synonyms of 開齋節 (“Eid al-Fitr”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開齋節, 爾德節, 爾代節
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	開齋節
	Malaysia	開齋節
	Singapore	開齋節
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	開齋節
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	小爾的節
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	開齋節, 大爾底, 爾底
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	開齋節, 小爾德, 爾德斐圖勒
	Ürümqi	肉孜節
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	開齋節
Cantonese	Hong Kong	開齋節
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	番仔正