上巳節

Chinese

			festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (上巳節)		上巳	節
simp. (上巳节)		上巳	节

Etymology

The name comes from the original definition of the date of the festival: it used to be held on the 巳 (sì) day(a day of the ancient ten-day cycle, similar to the modern week) in the 上旬 (shàngxún, “first ten days of a month”) of the third lunar month. Since the Han dynasty, the date was shifted to the third day of the third lunar month.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shàngsìjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ zi⁶ zit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shàngsìjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shàngsìhjié
    • Wade–Giles: Shang⁴-ssŭ⁴-chieh²
    • Yale: Shàng-sz̀-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanqsyhjye
    • Palladius: Шансыцзе (Šansycze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ zi⁶ zit³
    • Yale: seuhng jih jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ dzi⁶ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ ji⁶ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² t͡siː²² t͡siːt̚³/

Proper noun

上巳節

1. Double Third Festival

Synonyms

• 上巳 (Shàngsì)
• 三月三 (Sānyuèsān)