春天

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (春天)		春	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chūntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄊㄧㄢ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чунтян (čunti͡an, I-II) / чунтян (čunti͡an, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ tin¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'cun¹ tien¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-thiên
Jin (Wiktionary): cung¹ tie¹
Northern Min (KCR): ché̤ng-tíng
Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng-tiĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhun-thiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹ tin¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tshen-thi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyn¹ tienn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūntiān → chūntian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄊㄧㄢ → ㄔㄨㄣ ˙ㄊㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuntiån
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-tʻien⁵
  - Yale: chwūn-tyan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuen.tian
  - Palladius: чуньтянь (čunʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn²/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūntiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄊㄧㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuntianr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-tʻien¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: chwūn-tyānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuential
  - Palladius: чуньтяньр (čunʹtjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чунтян (čunti͡an, I-II) / чунтян (čunti͡an, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴ tʰiæ̃⁵¹/, /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ tin¹
  - Yale: chēun tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'cun¹ tien¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sʰun⁴² tʰiɛn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-thiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun´ tien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ tian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cung¹ tie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰũŋ¹¹ tʰxie¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ché̤ng-tíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴ tʰiŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng-tiĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)nieŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuntvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ tʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cung¹ tin¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshung thiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³⁻²³ tʰĩ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹tshen-thi
  - MiniDict: tshen^平 thi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen-thi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qyn¹ tienn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³³ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

Middle Chinese: tsyhwin then

Rime
Character	春	天
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	昌脣切	他前切
Baxter	tsyhwin	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon¹	tin¹

Noun

春天

spring (season)
春風送來春天的問候。 [MSC, trad.]
春风送来春天的问候。 [MSC, simp.]
Chūnfēng sòng lái chūntiān de wènhòu. [Pinyin]
Spring greets us with its warm breeze.

北京的春天很適合騎車逛衚衕。 [MSC, trad.]
北京的春天很适合骑车逛胡同。 [MSC, simp.]
Běijīng de chūntiān hěn shìhé qíchē guàng hútòng. [Pinyin]
Beijing’s spring is very suitable for cycling around the hutongs.
springtime
(figuratively) vitality; hope; prospects

Synonyms

(spring, springtime): 春季 (chūnjì), 春上 (chūnshang); (Hokkien) 春頭天／春头天, 春里, 春咧, (Teochew) 春天時／春天时

Derived terms

劍橋春天／剑桥春天 (Jiànqiáo Chūntiān)
春天名苑 (Chūntiānmíngyuàn)
春天後母面，欲變一時間／春天后母面，欲变一时间 (chhun-thiⁿ āu-bú bīn, beh piàn chi̍t sî-kan) (Min Nan)

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