耶誕

See also: 耶诞

Chinese

		Jesus	birth; birthday; brag birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
trad. (耶誕)		耶	誕
simp. (耶诞)		耶	诞

Etymology

From 耶 (yē), short for 耶穌／耶稣 (Yēsū, “Jesus”) + 誕／诞 (dàn, “birth”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yēdàn, yédàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ㄉㄢˋ, ㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴ daan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iâ-tàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yēdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yedàn
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹-tan⁴
    • Yale: yē-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iedann
    • Palladius: едань (jedanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yédàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yédàn
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²-tan⁴
    • Yale: yé-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yedann
    • Palladius: едань (jedanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁴ daan³
    • Yale: yèh daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ daan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴ dan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ taːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iâ-tàn
    • Tâi-lô: Iâ-tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ia'daxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴⁻²² tan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴⁻²² tan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³⁻²² tan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴⁻¹¹ tan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³⁻³³ tan²¹/

Proper noun

耶誕

1. (chiefly Taiwan) Christmas

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕節 (“Christmas”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕節, 聖誕
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕, 聖誕節, 耶誕, 耶誕節
	Singapore	聖誕節
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕, 聖誕節, 老番冬 dated
	Taishan	聖誕節
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖誕節
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖誕節
	Hong Kong	耶穌誕
Eastern Min	Matsu	聖誕節
Southern Min	Xiamen	聖誕, 聖誕節, 救主誕, 救主聖誕
	Quanzhou	聖誕
	Zhangzhou	聖誕, 救主誕
	Tainan	聖誕節
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛冬節
	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕, 聖誕節

Derived terms

• 耶誕卡／耶诞卡
• 耶誕夜／耶诞夜 (yēdànyè)
• 耶誕樹／耶诞树 (yēdànshù)
• 耶誕節／耶诞节 (yēdànjié)
• 耶誕老人／耶诞老人 (yēdàn Lǎorén)