上旬

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	ten days; ten years
simp. and trad. (上旬)		上	旬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngxún

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ ceon⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-sûn / siāng-sûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngxún
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsyún
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-hsün²
    • Yale: shàng-syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshyun
    • Palladius: шансюнь (šansjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ ceon⁴
    • Yale: seuhng chèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ tsoen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ cên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² t͡sʰɵn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-sûn
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngsuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² sun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-sûn
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngsuun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ sun¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 上旬

1. the first 10 days of the month

Synonyms

• 初旬 (chūxún)

Coordinate terms

• 中旬 (zhōngxún)
• 下旬 (xiàxún)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	旬
じょう Grade: 1	じゅん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

上(じょう)旬(じゅん) • (jōjun) 

1. the first 10 days of the month

Related terms

• 中旬(ちゅうじゅん) (chūjun): the middle 10 days of the month
• 下旬(げじゅん) (gejun): the last 10 days of the month