春聯

See also: 春联

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (春聯)		春	聯
simp. (春联)		春	联

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ lyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-lièn
• Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng-lièng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-liân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshen-li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunlián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-lien²
    • Yale: chwūn-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenlian
    • Palladius: чуньлянь (čunʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ lyun⁴
    • Yale: chēun lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ lyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-lièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ lien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ lian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴ li̯en¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng-lièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ ^(l-)nˡieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhunlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen-li
    • MiniDict: tshen^平 li
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen-li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ li²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 春聯

1. (poetry) Chinese New Year couplet