春光

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (春光)		春	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ gwong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunguang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: chwūn-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenguang
    • Palladius: чуньгуан (čunʹguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: chēun gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-kong
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhunkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 春光

1. spring scenery; radiance of springtime
2. (figuratively) lust; sexual intercourse
3. (figuratively) exposed skin (e.g. cleavage); good figure

   • 趙薇俯身鞠躬慷慨洩春光 [MSC, trad.]
     赵薇俯身鞠躬慷慨泄春光 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2009, 赵薇膝盖惊现乌青瘀痕 俯身鞠躬慷慨泄春光

     Zhào Wēi fǔshēn jūgōng kāngkǎi xiè chūnguāng [Pinyin]

     [Zhao Wei] bows and exposes a generous amount of cleavage

4. (figuratively, literary) age

Synonyms

• 春色 (chūnsè)