"中元" meaning in Chinese

See 中元 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Kaohsiung], /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Taipei], /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ y̯ẽ¹³/ [Xiang, Changsha, Sinological-IPA, dated], /t͡sən³³ y̯ẽ¹³/ [Xiang, Changsha, Sinological-IPA]
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: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 11 33 28 Disambiguation of Calendar: 72 28
  2. (~節) Ghost Festival
    Sense id: en-中元-zh-noun-v4dPUnMc Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 11 33 28
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      "zh_pron": "jongyuan"
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      "roman": "čžunʺjuanʹ",
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh_pron": "чжунъюань"
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Download raw JSONL data for 中元 meaning in Chinese (3.5kB)

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