仲春

Chinese

		2nd in seniority	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
simp. and trad. (仲春)		仲	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngchun
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-chʻun¹
    • Yale: jùng-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqchuen
    • Palladius: чжунчунь (čžunčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongzhwn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰun³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwngH tsyhwin

Rime
Character	仲	春
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直衆切	昌脣切
Baxter	drjuwngH	tsyhwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋH/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋH/	/t͡ɕʰʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋH/	/t͡ɕʰjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋH/	/cʰwin/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋH/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋH/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋH/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòng	chūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung6	ceon1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-truŋ-s  tʰun/

  (Zhengzhang): /*duŋs  tʰjun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仲	春
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòng	chūn
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwngH ›	‹ tsyhwin ›
Old Chinese	/*N-truŋ-s/	/*tʰun/
English	middle (of brothers)	springtime
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仲	春
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17419	12573
Phonetic component	中	屯
Rime group	終	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	仲	春
Old Chinese	/*duŋs/	/*tʰjun/
Notes		說文從艸從日屯聲， 實屯繁化轉註字

Noun

仲春

1. second month of the spring; second month of the Chinese calendar

   • 於是仲春令月，時和氣清。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于是仲春令月，时和气清。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《文選·張衡·〈歸田賦〉》

     Yú shì zhòngchūn lìngyuè, shíhé qìqīng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仲	春
ちゅう Grade: 4	しゅん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
中春

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːɕɨ̃ɴ]
• (Tokyo) ちゅうしゅん [chùúshúń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

仲(ちゅう)春(しゅん) • (chūshun) 

1. second month of the traditional Japanese calendar

   Synonym: 如月 (“kisaragi”)

Coordinate terms: 孟春, 仲春, 季春, 孟夏, 仲夏, 季夏, 孟秋, 仲秋, 季秋, 孟冬, 仲冬, 季冬