祭灶

Chinese

		offer sacrifice; hold memorial service	kitchen stove
trad. (祭灶)		祭	灶
simp. #(祭灶)		祭	灶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìzào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zai³ zou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìzào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìzào
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-tsao⁴
    • Yale: jì-dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihtzaw
    • Palladius: цзицзао (cziczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zai³ zou³
    • Yale: jai jou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³ dzou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei³ zou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡sou̯³³/

Verb

祭灶

1. (dated) to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god (on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunar month)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 送灶君, 送神, 送尪