春雨

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	rain
trad. (春雨)		春	雨
simp. #(春雨)		春	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-yí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-yü³
    • Yale: chwūn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenyeu
    • Palladius: чуньюй (čunʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: chēun yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun´ i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun<sup>1</sup> yi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴ i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun´ (r)i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴ (j)i³¹/

Noun

春雨

1. (literally) spring rain
2. (literary, figurative) gift from above; favour bestowed by a superior

Derived terms

• 春雨如油
• 春雨秋霜
• 春雨貴如油／春雨贵如油
• 杏花春雨

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

春雨 (harusame): cooked cellophane noodles, showing the typical translucent quality.

Kanji in this term
春	雨
はる Grade: 2	さめ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/parusame/ → /ɸarusame/ → /harusame/

Compound of 春 (haru, “spring”) +‎ 雨 (ame, “rain”). The medial -s- may represent epenthesis between two vowels, or it may be cognate with Korean interfix ㅅ (-s-) used to mark possession, much like English -'s. See also 小雨 (kosame, “drizzle”) and 稲 (shine, “rice”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はるさめ [hàrúsámé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟ᵝsa̠me̞]

Noun

春(はる)雨(さめ) • (harusame) 

1. spring rain
2. cellophane noodle, glass noodle – a type of transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, potato or canna starch), and water.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
春	雨
しゅん Grade: 2	う Grade: 1
on’yomi

Borrowing from Middle Chinese 春雨 (MC tsyhwin hjuX, “spring + rain”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅ​んう [shúꜜǹ'ù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝɰ̃ɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

春(しゅん)雨(う) • (shun'u) 

1. spring rain

Korean

Hanja in this term
春	雨

Noun

春雨 • (chunu) (hangeul 춘우)

1. Hanja form^? of 춘우 (“spring rain”).