春天

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (春天)		春	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chūntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чунтян (čunti͡an, I-II) / чунтян (čunti͡an, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ tin¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'cun¹ tien¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-thiên
• Jin (Wiktionary): cung¹ tie¹
• Northern Min (KCR): ché̤ng-tíng
• Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng-tiĕng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-thiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹ tin¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshen-thi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyn¹ tienn¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūntiān → chūntian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ → ㄔㄨㄣ ˙ㄊㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuntiån
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-tʻien⁵
    • Yale: chwūn-tyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuen.tian
    • Palladius: чуньтянь (čunʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūntiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuntianr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-tʻien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: chwūn-tyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuential
    • Palladius: чуньтяньр (čunʹtjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чунтян (čunti͡an, I-II) / чунтян (čunti͡an, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴ tʰiæ̃⁵¹/, /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ tin¹
    • Yale: chēun tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'cun¹ tien¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sʰun⁴² tʰiɛn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-thiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ tien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ tian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cung¹ tie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰũŋ¹¹ tʰie¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ché̤ng-tíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴ tʰiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng-tiĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)nieŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuntvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ tʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cung¹ tin¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshung thiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³⁻²³ tʰĩ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen-thi
    • MiniDict: tshen^平 thi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen-thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qyn¹ tienn¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³³ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhwin then

Rime
Character	春	天
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	昌脣切	他前切
Baxter	tsyhwin	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon1	tin1

Noun

春天

1. spring (season)

   春風送來春天的問候。 [MSC, trad.]
   春风送来春天的问候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chūnfēng sòng lái chūntiān de wènhòu. [Pinyin]

   Spring greets us with its warm breeze.

   北京的春天很適合騎車逛衚衕。 [MSC, trad.]
   北京的春天很适合骑车逛胡同。 [MSC, simp.]

   Běijīng de chūntiān hěn shìhé qíchē guàng hútòng. [Pinyin]

   Beijing’s spring is very suitable for cycling around the hutongs.

2. springtime
3. (figuratively) vitality; hope; prospects

Synonyms

• (spring, springtime): 春季 (chūnjì), 春上 (chūnshang); (Hokkien) 春頭天／春头天, 春里, 春咧, (Teochew) 春天時／春天时

Derived terms

• 劍橋春天／剑桥春天 (Jiànqiáo Chūntiān)
• 春天名苑 (Chūntiānmíngyuàn)
• 春天後母面，欲變一時間／春天后母面，欲变一时间 (chhun-thiⁿ āu-bú bīn, beh piàn chi̍t sî-kan) (Min Nan)