春聯

See also: 春联

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (春聯)		春	聯
simp. (春联)		春	联

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ lyun⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-lièn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cun¹ liên²

• Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng-lièng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-liân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹ liang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunlián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-lien²
    • Yale: chwūn-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenlian
    • Palladius: чуньлянь (čunʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ lyun⁴
    • Yale: chēun lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ lyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-lièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun´ lienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ lian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴ li̯en¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cun¹ liên²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³⁵ liɛn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng-lièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ ^(l-)nˡieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhunlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cung¹ liang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshung liâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³⁻²³ liaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

春聯

1. (poetry) Spring Festival couplet

   貼春聯／贴春联  ―  tiē chūnlián  ―  to paste Spring Festival couplets

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 春聯 (“Spring Festival couplet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		春聯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	春聯
	Singapore	春聯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	春聯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	揮春
	Hong Kong	揮春
	Dongguan	揮春
Hakka	Meixian	春聯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	春聯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	春聯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	春聯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	春聯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	春聯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	春聯
Southern Min	Xiamen	春聯, 門聯
	Quanzhou	春聯, 門對
	Zhangzhou	春聯
	Shantou	春聯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	揮春