"中元" meaning in Chinese

See 中元 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ y̯ẽ¹³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /t͡sən³³ y̯ẽ¹³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/, /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ y̯ẽ¹³/, /t͡sən³³ y̯ẽ¹³/ Chinese transliterations: zhōngyuán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zung¹ jyun⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhong¹ yenn², zhōngyuán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jhongyuán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chung¹-yüan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], jūng-ywán [Mandarin, Yale, standard], jongyuan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], чжунъюань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], čžunʺjuanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jūng yùhn [Cantonese, Yale], dzung¹ jyn⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zung¹ yun⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], zhong¹ yenn² [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 中元
  1. the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month; Ghost Day, one of the 三元 (sānyuán, “three Taoist festivals”)
    Sense id: en-中元-zh-noun-MGk0Kq47 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Calendar Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 11 33 28 Disambiguation of Calendar: 100 0
  2. (~節) Ghost Festival
    Sense id: en-中元-zh-noun-v4dPUnMc Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 11 33 28
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Download raw JSONL data for 中元 meaning in Chinese (2.5kB)

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