See 中元節 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Singapore",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "Tiong-goân-choeh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Singapore",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "Tiong-guân-tsueh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Singapore",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "dionggoanzoeq"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sueʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Singapore",
"Xiamen",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sueʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Singapore",
"Xiamen",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "地官誕"
},
{
"word": "地官诞"
},
{
"roman": "Yúlánpénhuì",
"word": "盂蘭盆會"
},
{
"roman": "Yúlánpénhuì",
"word": "盂兰盆会"
},
{
"roman": "Yúlánpénjié",
"word": "盂蘭盆節"
},
{
"roman": "Yúlánpénjié",
"word": "盂兰盆节"
},
{
"roman": "pǔdù",
"word": "普渡"
},
{
"roman": "guǐjié",
"word": "鬼節"
},
{
"roman": "guǐjié",
"word": "鬼节"
},
{
"roman": "qīyuèbàn",
"word": "七月半"
},
{
"tags": [
"Jin"
],
"word": "七月十五"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "鬼仔節"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "鬼仔节"
},
{
"word": "徛旗"
},
{
"word": "普祀"
}
],
"word": "中元節"
}
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