七月七

Chinese

		July; The modern name of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar.	seven
trad. (七月七)		七月	七
simp. #(七月七)		七月	七

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Qīyuèqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): Qi² yue² qi²

• Jin (Wiktionary): qieh^4-5 yeh⁴ qieh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīyuèqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ciyuèci
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-yüeh⁴-chʻi¹
    • Yale: Chī-ywè-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiyuehchi
    • Palladius: Циюэци (Cijueci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: Qi² yue² qi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Kiyeki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹ ye²¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qieh^4-5 yeh⁴ qieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ yəʔ² t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/

Proper noun

七月七

1. (dialectal) (～節) Qixi Festival (the Chinese Valentine's Day, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month)

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