初夜

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	night
simp. and trad. (初夜)		初	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ je⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshu-ya

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuyè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: chū-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuyeh
    • Palladius: чуе (čuje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ je⁶
    • Yale: chō yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tshu-ya
    • MiniDict: tshu^平 ya
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshu-hhia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ ɦia²¹/

Noun

初夜

1. first night (of sex); wedding night
2. early evening; first watch

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	夜
しょ Grade: 4	や Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

初(しょ)夜(や) • (shoya) 

1. the bridal (wedding) night
2. first watch

Korean

Hanja in this term
初	夜

Noun

初夜 • (choya) (hangeul 초야)

1. Hanja form^? of 초야 (“the bridal (wedding) night”).