迎春

Chinese

		to welcome	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (迎春)		迎	春
simp. #(迎春)		迎	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíngchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ ceon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíngchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíngchun
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-chʻun¹
    • Yale: yíng-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngchuen
    • Palladius: инчунь (inčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ ceon¹
    • Yale: yìhng chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengzhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

Verb

迎春

1. to welcome the spring
2. to welcome the new year

Derived terms

• 迎春樂／迎春乐
• 迎春花 (yíngchūnhuā)
• 迎春黃胖／迎春黄胖

 

Noun

迎春

1. (historical) a kind of ancient sacrificial rites
2. (～花) Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迎	春
げい Grade: S	しゅん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げーしゅん [gèéshúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ːɕɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

迎(げい)春(しゅん) • (geishun) ^{←げいしゆん (geisyun)?}

1. greeting the New Year / spring

Verb

迎(げい)春(しゅん)する • (geishun suru) ^{←げいしゆん (geisyun)?}suru (stem 迎(げい)春(しゅん)し (geishun shi), past 迎(げい)春(しゅん)した (geishun shita))

1. to greet the New Year / spring

Conjugation

Conjugation of "迎春する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	迎春し	げいしゅんし	geishun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	迎春し	げいしゅんし	geishun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	迎春する	げいしゅんする	geishun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	迎春する	げいしゅんする	geishun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	迎春すれ	げいしゅんすれ	geishun sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	迎春せよ¹ 迎春しろ²	げいしゅんせよ¹ げいしゅんしろ²	geishun seyo¹ geishun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	迎春される	げいしゅんされる	geishun sareru
Causative	迎春させる 迎春さす	げいしゅんさせる げいしゅんさす	geishun saseru geishun sasu
Potential	迎春できる	げいしゅんできる	geishun dekiru
Volitional	迎春しよう	げいしゅんしよう	geishun shiyō
Negative	迎春しない	げいしゅんしない	geishun shinai
Negative continuative	迎春せず	げいしゅんせず	geishun sezu
Formal	迎春します	げいしゅんします	geishun shimasu
Perfective	迎春した	げいしゅんした	geishun shita
Conjunctive	迎春して	げいしゅんして	geishun shite
Hypothetical conditional	迎春すれば	げいしゅんすれば	geishun sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative