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
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-thiên
• Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng-tiĕng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-thiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹ tin¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshen-thi

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-thiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun´ tien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ tian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
• 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen-thi
    • MiniDict: tshen^平 thi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen-thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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.

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

Synonyms

• (spring, springtime): 春季 (chūnjì)

Derived terms

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