懷春

Chinese

		to think of; to cherish; mind to think of; to cherish; mind; heart; bosom	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (懷春)		懷	春
simp. (怀春)		怀	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáichūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁴ ceon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáichūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáichun
    • Wade–Giles: huai²-chʻun¹
    • Yale: hwái-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwaichuen
    • Palladius: хуайчунь (xuajčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai⁴ ceon¹
    • Yale: wàaih chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: huâi-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaizhwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huai²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huai²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huai¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hweaj tsyhwin

Rime
Character	懷	春
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	戸乖切	昌脣切
Baxter	hweaj	tsyhwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛi/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæi/	/t͡ɕʰʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐi/	/t͡ɕʰjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨj/	/cʰwin/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛi/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/
Wang Li	/ɣwɐi/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwăi/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huái	chūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waai4	ceon1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤruj  tʰun/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡruːl  tʰjun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	懷	春
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huái	chūn
Middle Chinese	‹ hwɛj ›	‹ tsyhwin ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁruj/	/*tʰun/
English	bosom; embrace	springtime
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	懷	春
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5341	12573
Phonetic component	褱	屯
Rime group	微	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	懷	春
Old Chinese	/*ɡruːl/	/*tʰjun/
Notes		說文從艸從日屯聲， 實屯繁化轉註字

Verb

懷春

1. (of a young girl) to have thoughts of love; to become sexually awakened

   • 有女懷春，吉士誘之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有女怀春，吉士诱之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu nǚ huáichūn, jíshì yòu zhī. [Pinyin]

     There is a young lady with thoughts natural to the spring,
     And a fine gentleman would lead her astray.

Synonyms

• 思春 (sīchūn)

Derived terms

• 有女懷春／有女怀春