八月十五

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Chinese

eighth month of the Chinese calendar fifteen; 15
trad. (八月十五) 八月 十五
simp. #(八月十五) 八月 十五
Literally: “fifteenth day of the eighth month”.

Etymology

“Mid-Autumn Festival”
From the date of the festival.
“buttocks”
From the tradition of eating pomelo during the Mid-Autumn Festival, since the word for pomelo 囉柚啰柚 (lo1 jau6-2), a variant of 碌柚 (luk1 jau6-2), is primarily used now to refer to the buttocks (Tsang, 2008). Alternatively, it may be from the resemblance of the shape of buttocks with a full moon, which occurs during the Mid-Autumn Festival (Mai and Tan, 2016); compare the semantics of English moon.

Pronunciation


Noun

八月十五

  1. (colloquial) Mid-Autumn Festival
  2. (Cantonese, humorous) buttocks (Classifier: c)
    八月十五坐監 [Cantonese, trad.]
    八月十五坐监 [Cantonese, simp.]
    sai2 ding6 go3 baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5 dang2 co5 gaam1
    (humorous) get ready for imprisonment (literally: wash your buttocks in preparation for sitting in jail)

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Descendants

  • Zhuang: bet nyied cibngux