乞巧節

Chinese

		to pray to the spirit of Vega, or the Weaving Maid's Star, in a ritual for good skills in needlework on the Qixi Festival	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (乞巧節)		乞巧	節
simp. (乞巧节)		乞巧	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Qǐqiǎojié

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): Qi² qiao³ jie²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat¹ haau² zit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qǐqiǎojié [Phonetic: qíqiǎojié]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cǐciǎojié
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi³-chʻiao³-chieh²
    • Yale: Chǐ-chyǎu-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiicheaujye
    • Palladius: Цицяоцзе (Cicjaocze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: Qi² qiao³ jie²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Kikiaogie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹ t͡ɕʰiau⁵³ t͡ɕiɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat¹ haau² zit³
    • Yale: hāt háau jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷ haau² dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed¹ hao² jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵ haːu̯³⁵ t͡siːt̚³/

Proper noun

乞巧節

1. Alternative name for 七夕 (Qīxī).

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		七夕
Mandarin	Taiwan	七夕
	Harbin	七月七
	Yantai (Muping)	七月兒七
	Jinan	七月七
	Luoyang	祈巧節, 七月七
	Wanrong	七月七
	Xi'an	七月七
	Yinchuan	七夕, 乞巧節
	Lanzhou	七月七
	Xining	乞巧, 七月七
	Ürümqi	七月七
	Wuhan	七月七
	Chengdu	七月初七, 七月七, 乞巧節
	Guiyang	七月初七, 七月七
	Liuzhou	七月七
	Xuzhou	七月七
	Yangzhou	七巧
	Nanjing	七月七, 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