早春

Chinese

		early; morning	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
simp. and trad. (早春)		早	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎochūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² ceon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎochūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎochun
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻun¹
    • Yale: dzǎu-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochuen
    • Palladius: цзаочунь (czaočunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎochūnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎochunr
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻun¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: dzǎu-chwūnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochuel
    • Palladius: цзаочуньр (czaočunʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯əɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² ceon¹
    • Yale: jóu chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Noun

早春

1. early spring

Synonyms

• 初春 (chūchūn)

Adjective

早春

1. (attributive) of early spring

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早	春
そう Grade: 1	しゅん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーしゅん [sòóshúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːɕɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

早(そう)春(しゅん) • (sōshun) ^{←さうしゆん (sausyun)?}

1. early spring

   早春(しょうしゅん)の積雪(せきせつ)

   shōshun no sekisetsu

   early spring snowfall