舊曆

See also: 旧历

Chinese

		old (opposite of new); former	calendar
trad. (舊曆)		舊	曆
simp. (旧历)		旧	历
Literally: “old calendar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau⁶ lik⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiu-la̍k

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kiu⁴ lag⁶

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kū-le̍k / kū-lia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁷ lêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiùlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowlih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòulì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: gauh lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯²² lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiu-la̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiu lag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu⁴ lag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u⁵⁵ lak̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kiu⁴ lag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /cʰiu⁵³ lak̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kū-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kū-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu⁷ lêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kū le̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku¹¹ leʔ⁴/

Noun

舊曆

1. Chinese calendar

   • 舊曆的年底畢竟最像年底，村鎮上不必說，就在天空中也顯出將到新年的氣象來。 [MSC, trad.]
     旧历的年底毕竟最像年底，村镇上不必说，就在天空中也显出将到新年的气象来。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, Lu Xun, 《祝福》

     Jiùlì de niándǐ bìjìng zuì xiàng niándǐ, cūnzhèn shàng bùbì shuō, jiù zài tiānkōng zhōng yě xiǎnchū jiāng dào xīnnián de qìxiàng lái. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 農曆 (“Chinese calendar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夏曆, 夏正
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		農曆, 陰曆, 夏曆
Mandarin	Beijing	農曆
	Taiwan	農曆
	Ulanhot	陰曆
	Tongliao	陰曆
	Chifeng	陰曆
	Bayanhot	陰曆
	Hailar	陰曆
	Jinan	陰曆, 農曆, 舊曆
	Wanrong	陰曆
	Xi'an	陰曆, 農曆
	Yinchuan	陰曆
	Lanzhou	古曆, 農曆
	Tianlin (Langping)	舊曆
	Yangzhou	陰曆
	Nantong	農曆, 古曆
	Singapore	農曆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	舊曆, 陰曆
	Hong Kong	舊曆, 農曆, 陰曆
	Taishan	農曆
	Taishan (Guanghai)	農曆, 舊曆
	Dongguan	舊曆
	Nanning	農曆, 陰曆
	Guiping	老曆, 舊曆
	Guiping (Madong)	老曆, 農曆, 陰曆
	Mandalay (Taishan)	農曆
Gan	Nanchang	陰曆
	Lichuan	陰曆
Hakka	Meixian	舊曆, 陰曆
	Liancheng (Peitian)	農曆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	舊曆, 農曆
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	舊曆, 農曆
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	舊曆, 農曆
	Dongshi (Dabu)	舊曆, 農曆
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	舊曆, 農曆
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	舊曆
	Bobai (Shahe)	農曆
	Bobai (Lingping)	老曆
	Beiliu (Gonghe)	老曆, 農曆
	Lingui (Xiaojiang)	老曆, 農曆 rare
	Bangkok (Meixian)	農曆
Huizhou	Jixi	陰曆, 農曆
Jin	Taiyuan	陰曆
	Yunzhou (Xicetian)	陰曆
	Taibus (Baochang)	陰曆
	Linhe	陰曆
	Jining	陰曆
	Hohhot	舊曆
	Baotou	陰曆
	Dongsheng	陰曆
	Haibowan	農曆, 老曆
Min Bei	Jian'ou	陰曆, 古曆, 農曆
Min Nan	Xiamen	古曆, 舊曆, 咱人
	Quanzhou	古曆, 舊曆, 咱人
	Zhangzhou	舊曆, 咱的
	Taipei	舊曆 GT, 咱人 GT
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	農曆, 古曆
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	農曆
	Shantou	農曆, 舊曆, 陰曆
	Leizhou	舊曆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陰曆
Northern Pinghua	Lingui (Wutong)	陰曆, 老曆
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	農曆, 陰曆
Wu	Suzhou	陰曆
	Hangzhou	陰曆
	Ningbo	陰曆
	Jinhua	陰曆, 農曆
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

• 新曆／新历 (xīnlì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舊曆):

• → Japanese: 旧(きゅう)暦(れき) (kyūreki)
• → Korean: 구력 (舊曆, guryeok)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
舊	曆
きゅう Hyōgaiji	れき Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

舊(きゅう)曆(れき) • (kyūreki)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 旧暦)

1. Kyūjitai form of 旧暦: the old lunisolar Japanese calendar (used until 1872)