初夜

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Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	night
simp. and trad. (初夜)		初	夜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūyè

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ je⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshu-ya

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuyè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-yeh⁴
  - Yale: chū-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuyeh
  - Palladius: чуе (čuje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co¹ je⁶
  - Yale: chō yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: co¹ yé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshu-ya
  - MiniDict: tshu^平 ya
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshu-hhia
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ ɦia²¹/

Noun

初夜

first night (of sex); wedding night
early evening; first watch

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	夜
しょ Grade: 4	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

初(しょ)夜(や) • (shoya)

the bridal (wedding) night
first watch

Korean

Hanja in this term
初	夜

Noun

初夜 • (choya) (hangeul 초야)

hanja form^? of 초야 (“the bridal (wedding) night”)

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