迎春

Chinese

		to welcome	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (迎春)		迎	春
simp. #(迎春)		迎	春

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíngchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ ceon¹
• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): ngia² cong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíngchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíngchun
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-chʻun¹
    • Yale: yíng-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngchuen
    • Palladius: инчунь (inčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ ceon¹
    • Yale: yìhng chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngia² cong¹ [Phonetic: ngia⁵ long¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngiá-cheong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋia¹³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lɔŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengzhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

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Verb

迎春

1. to welcome the spring
2. to welcome the new year

Derived terms

• 迎春樂 / 迎春乐
• 迎春花 (yíngchūnhuā)
• 迎春黃胖 / 迎春黄胖

Noun

迎春

1. (historical) a kind of ancient sacrificial rites
2. (～花) Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “迎春”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 405.