初春

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
simp. and trad. (初春)		初	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ ceon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuchun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻun¹
    • Yale: chū-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchuen
    • Palladius: чучунь (čučunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ ceon¹
    • Yale: chō chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 初春

1. early spring

Synonyms

• 早春 (zǎochūn)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	春
しょ Grade: 4	しゅん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
初	春
はつ Grade: 4	はる Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

初(しょ)春(しゅん) or 初(はつ)春(はる) • (shoshun or hatsuharu) 

1. beginning of spring

Related terms

• 春(はる) (haru): spring
• 晩春(ばんしゅん) (banshun): late spring