七巧

Chinese

		seven	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely
trad. (七巧)		七	巧
simp. #(七巧)		七	巧

Pronunciation

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷chiq-chiau

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq-chiau
    • MiniDict: chih^入 chiau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq-qiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

七巧

1. (Wu) Qixi festival

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 七夕 (“Qixi Festival”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		七夕
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	七夕
	Harbin	七月七
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	七月七
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	七月兒七
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	祈巧節, 七月七
	Wanrong	七月七
	Xi'an	七月七
	Xining	乞巧, 七月七
	Xuzhou	七月七
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	七夕, 乞巧節
	Lanzhou	七月七
	Ürümqi	七月七
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	七月初七, 七月七, 乞巧節
	Wuhan	七月七
	Guiyang	七月初七, 七月七
	Liuzhou	七月七
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	七月七, 七巧
	Yangzhou	七巧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	七姐節
	Hong Kong	七姐誕, 七夕
	Dongguan	七月初七
Gan	Lichuan	七夕
	Pingxiang	七月七
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	七月七, 七娘生
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	七月七, 七娘生
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	七月七, 七娘生
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	七月七, 七星娘生, 七娘生
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	七月七, 七娘生
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	七月七, 七娘生
Huizhou	Jixi	七月七
Jin	Taiyuan	七月七
	Xinzhou	七月兒七
Northern Min	Jian'ou	七月七
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	七月七, 七月七夕
Southern Min	Xiamen	七娘媽生
	Quanzhou	七娘媽生
	Zhangzhou	七娘媽生
	Taipei	七娘媽生
	Kaohsiung	七娘媽生
	Yilan	七夕
	Changhua (Lukang)	七娘媽生
	Taichung	七娘媽生
	Taichung (Wuqi)	七娘媽生
	Tainan	七娘媽生
	Taitung	七夕
	Hsinchu	七娘媽生
	Penghu (Magong)	七夕
	Haikou	七月初七暝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拜七姐
Wu	Shanghai	七月七, 七巧日, 七巧節
	Shanghai (Chongming)	七月七
	Suzhou	七夕, 七月七
	Danyang	七巧, 七夕
	Hangzhou	七巧
	Ningbo	七月七
	Wenzhou	七月七
	Jinhua	七月七
Xiang	Changsha	七巧節