冬至

Chinese

		winter	extremity
simp. and trad. (冬至)		冬	至

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 冬至

1. winter solstice (one of the solar terms, around the 22nd of December)

   冬至快樂／冬至快乐  ―  dōngzhì kuàilè  ―  Happy Dongzhi

   冬至到而葭灰飛，立秋至而梧葉落 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   冬至到而葭灰飞，立秋至而梧叶落 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 《幼學瓊林》

   dōngzhì dào ér jiāhuī fēi, lìqiū zhì ér wúyè luò [Pinyin]

   When the winter solstice arrives, the ash flies, and when the autumn begins, the leaves fall.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 冬至 (“winter solstice”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		冬至, 南至
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冬至
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	冬至
	Taiwan	冬至
	Chifeng	冬至
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	冬至
	Harbin	冬至
	Shenyang	冬至
	Singapore	冬至
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	冬至
	Tangshan	冬至
	Cangzhou	冬至
	Baoding	冬至
	Shijiazhuang	冬至
	Jinan	冬至
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	冬, 過冬
	Qingdao	冬至, 過冬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	冬至
	Wanrong	冬至
	Zhengzhou	冬至
	Xi'an	冬至
	Xining	冬至
	Xuzhou	冬至, 長至 dated
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	冬至
	Lanzhou	冬至
	Ürümqi	冬至
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	冬至
	Chongqing	冬至
	Wuhan	冬至
	Guiyang	冬至
	Kunming	冬至
	Guilin	冬至
	Liuzhou	冬至
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	冬至
	Yangzhou	冬至
	Nantong	冬至, 大冬
	Hefei	冬至
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冬至, 冬節, 冬
	Hong Kong	冬至, 冬, 冬節
	Dongguan	冬至
Gan	Nanchang	冬至
	Lichuan	冬至
	Pingxiang	冬至
Hakka	Meixian	冬至
	Yudu	冬至
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冬節, 冬至
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冬節, 冬至
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冬節
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冬節, 冬至
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冬節
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冬節
Huizhou	Jixi	冬至
	Shexian	冬至
Jin	Taiyuan	冬至, 過冬
	Xinzhou	冬至
	Linhe	冬至
	Jining	冬至
	Hohhot	冬至
	Zhangjiakou	冬至
	Handan	冬至
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冬節
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	冬至, 冬節
	Fuqing	冬至
Southern Min	Xiamen	冬節
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	冬節
	Quanzhou	冬節, 小年兜
	Jinjiang	冬節
	Zhangzhou	冬節
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	冬節
	Zhao'an	冬節
	Tainan	冬節
	Penang (Hokkien)	冬節
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冬節
	Chaozhou	冬節
	Shantou (Chenghai)	冬節
	Jieyang	冬節
	Haifeng	冬節
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	冬節
	Haikou	冬至, 冬節
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冬至
Wu	Shanghai	冬至
	Shanghai (Chongming)	冬至
	Suzhou	冬至
	Danyang	冬至
	Hangzhou	冬至
	Ningbo	冬至
	Wenzhou	冬節
	Jinhua	冬至
Xiang	Changsha	冬至
	Loudi	冬至

Coordinate terms

• 夏至 (xiàzhì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (冬至):

• → Japanese: 冬至(とうじ) (tōji)
• → Korean: 동지(冬至) (dongji)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
冬	至
とう Grade: 2	し > じ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

冬(とう)至(じ) • (tōji) 

1. winter solstice

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Korean

Hanja in this term
冬	至

Noun

冬至 • (dongji) (hangeul 동지)

1. hanja form^? of 동지 (“winter solstice”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
冬	至

Noun

冬至

1. chữ Hán form of đông chí (“winter solstice”).