中元
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Chinese
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (中元) |
中 | 元 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyuán
- Wade–Giles: chung1-yüan2
- Yale: jūng-ywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongyuan
- Palladius: чжунъюань (čžunʺjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zung1 jyun4
- Yale: jūng yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1 jyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1 yun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Xiang
Noun
中元
- the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month; Ghost Day, one of the 三元 (sānyuán, “three Taoist festivals”)
- (～節) Ghost Festival
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 中 | 元 |
| ちゅう Grade: 1 |
げん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Alternative forms
- (present):
- (honorific) お中元 (o-chūgen)
Pronunciation
Noun
中元 • (chūgen) ←ちゆうげん (tyuugen)?
- the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a Taoist date of importance(one of the 三元 (sangen, “three Taoist festivals”)), now conflated in Japan with the Buddhist 盂蘭盆会 (urabon'e); see Ghost Festival#Japan
- a present given around this time of the year in gratitude