救主誕

Chinese

		saviour; Saviour	birth; birthday; brag birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
trad. (救主誕)		救主	誕
simp. (救主诞)		救主	诞

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kiù-chú-tàn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiù-chú-tàn
    • Tâi-lô: Kiù-tsú-tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuozw'daxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan²¹/

Proper noun

救主誕

1. (Hokkien, chiefly Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Christmas (Christian holiday)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕節 (“Christmas”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕節, 聖誕
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕, 聖誕節, 耶誕, 耶誕節
	Singapore	聖誕節
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕, 聖誕節, 老番冬 dated
	Taishan	聖誕節
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖誕節
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖誕節
	Hong Kong	耶穌誕
Eastern Min	Matsu	聖誕節
Southern Min	Xiamen	聖誕, 聖誕節, 救主誕, 救主聖誕
	Quanzhou	聖誕
	Zhangzhou	聖誕, 救主誕
	Tainan	聖誕節
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛冬節
	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕, 聖誕節