季春

Chinese

		younger brother; season; period	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (季春)		季	春
simp. #(季春)		季	春
anagram		春季

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ ceon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìchun
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chʻun¹
    • Yale: jì-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihchuen
    • Palladius: цзичунь (czičunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ ceon¹
    • Yale: gwai chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Noun

季春

1. (literary) last month of spring

Synonyms

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• 三春 (sānchūn)
• 春尾 (Puxian Min)
• 暮春 (mùchūn)
• 暮月
• 桃月 (Táoyuè)
• 炳月
• 綢月 / 绸月
• 蠶月 / 蚕月 (cányuè)
• 辰月 (Chényuè)
• 陽春 / 阳春 (yángchūn)
• 鶯月 / 莺月
• 鸝月 / 鹂月

Related terms

• 季夏 (jìxià)
• 季秋 (jìqiū)
• 季冬 (Jìdōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
季	春
き Grade: 4	しゅん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥ɕɨ̃ɴ]
• (Tokyo) きしゅん [kìshúń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

季(き)春(しゅん) • (kishun) 

1. late spring
2. third month of the traditional Japanese calendar

   Synonym: 弥生 (yayoi)

   Coordinate terms: 孟春, 仲春, 季春, 孟夏, 仲夏, 季夏, 孟秋, 仲秋, 季秋, 孟冬, 仲冬, 季冬

Further reading

• “季春”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026