正月

Chinese

		first; principal	moon; month
simp. and trad. (正月)		正	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ jyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châng-ngie̍t / châng-ngia̍t
• Min Dong (BUC): ciăng-nguŏk
• Min Nan (POJ): chiaⁿ--goe̍h / chiaⁿ-ge̍rh / chiaⁿ--ge̍h / chiaⁿ-ge̍h / chiaⁿ-goe̍h
• Wu (Wiktionary): tsen hhyq (T1); tsen hhioq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhēngyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengyueh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ y̯œ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ jyut⁶
    • Yale: jīng yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ yud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châng-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: zang´ ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zang¹ ngiad⁶
    • IPA: /t͡saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɲi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châng-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: zang´ ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zang¹ ngiad⁶
    • IPA: /t͡saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɲi̯at̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciăng-nguŏk
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ⁵⁵ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiaⁿ--goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsiann--gue̍h
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiaⁿ-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: tsiann-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiã³³ gəʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiaⁿ--ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsiann--ge̍h
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiaⁿ-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsiann-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvia'geh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiã⁴⁴⁻²² geʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiaⁿ-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsiann-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvia'goeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiã⁴⁴⁻²² gueʔ¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsen hhyq (T1); tsen hhioq (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡səɲ⁵⁵ ɦɥ̯ɪʔ²¹/, /t͡səɲ⁵⁵ ɦi̯ʊʔ²¹/

Noun

正月

1. the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Synonyms

• 端月, 元月 (Yuányuè), 初月, 嘉月, 开岁, 新正 (xīnzhēng), 隅月, 孟月, 始春, 元春, 陬月

See also

• Month of the Year: 正月
  • Previous: 臘月／腊月 (Làyuè)
  • Next: 杏月 (Xìngyuè)

Derived terms

• 大正月
• 正月初一
• 正月十五

• 正月正頭／正月正头
• 正月酒
• 正月頭／正月头

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	月
しょう Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 正 (principal) + 月(month)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しょうがつ​ [shòógátsúꜜ] (Odaka - [4])
  • (Tokyo) しょうがつ [shòógátsú] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

正月 (hiragana しょうがつ, rōmaji shōgatsu)

1. January
2. New Year

Synonyms

• (New Year):
  • 元旦 (がんたん) (gantan): New Year's Day
  • 元日 (がんじつ) (ganjitsu): New Year's Day

Coordinate terms

• 初詣 (はつもうで) (hatsumōde)
• 初日 (はつひ)の出 (で) (hatsuhinode)
• 門松 (かどまつ) (kadomatsu)
• 御御籤 (おみくじ) (omikuji)
• 年賀状 (ねんがじょう) (nengajō)