第二春

Chinese

		(ordinal prefix); ‑th; rank	two	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (第二春)		第	二	春
simp. #(第二春)		第	二	春
Literally: “the second spring”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì'èrchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄦˋ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ ji⁶ ceon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-lī-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dì'èrchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄦˋ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dì-èrchun
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-êrh⁴-chʻun¹
    • Yale: dì-èr-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihellchuen
    • Palladius: диэрчунь (dierčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ ji⁶ ceon¹
    • Yale: daih yih chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ ji⁶ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ yi⁶ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² jiː²² t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-lī-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: tē-lī-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexlixzhwn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ li³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ li³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

Noun

第二春

1. (figurative) falling in love for the second time in one's middle or old age; new lease of life; rebirth; second wind