Mid-Autumn Festival

English

Noun

Mid-Autumn Festival (plural Mid-Autumn Festivals)

1. A harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people, held in late September or early October.
2. (collective) The East Asian festivals originating, inspired, or co-opted from the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.

Synonyms

• (Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese): Moon Festival
• (Chinese festival): Zhongqiu Festival, Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese Moon Festival, Chinese Thanksgiving, Chinese Harvest Festival
• (Japanese festival): Tsukimi, Tsukimi Festival, Otsukimi, Otsukimi Festival, Japanese Mid-Autumn Festival, Japanese Moon Festival, Japanese Thanksgiving, Japanese Harvest Festival
• (Korean festival): Chuseok, Chuseok Festival, Hangawi, Hangawi Festival, Korean Mid-Autumn Festival, Korean Thanksgiving, Korean Harvest Festival
• (Vietnamese festival): Tet Trung Thu, Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival, Vietnamese Moon Festival, Vietnamese Thanksgiving, Vietnamese Harvest Festival

Translations

harvest festival

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中秋節／中秋节 (zung¹ cau¹ zit³), 中秋节 (zung¹ cau¹ zit³), 八月十五 (baat³ jyut⁶ sap⁶ ng⁵)

  Mandarin: 中秋節／中秋节 (zh) (zhōngqiūjié), 中秋节 (zh) (zhōngqiūjié), 八月節／八月节 (zh) (bāyuèjié), 八月节 (zh) (bāyuèjié)

• Finnish: keskisyksyn juhla
• French: fête de la mi-autone f, fête de la lune f
• Japanese: 中秋節 (ja) (chūshūsetsu)
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• Korean: 중추절 (ko) (jungchujeol) (中秋節 (ko)), 한가위 (ko) (han'gawi), 추석 (ko) (chuseok) (秋夕 (ko))
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ
  ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ (biyangga inenggi), ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ
  ᠪᡳᠶᠠᡳ
  ᡨ᠋ᠣᡶ᠋ᠣᡥᠣᠨ (jakūn biyai tofohon)
• Russian: пра́здник середи́ны о́сени m (prázdnik seredíny óseni)
• Spanish: fiesta del Medio Otoño f
• Vietnamese: Tết Trung Thu (節中秋)
• Zhuang: bet nyied cibngux

See also

• mooncake