七娘媽生
Chinese
| Zhinü, the weaver girl | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (七娘媽生) | 七娘媽 | 生 | |
| simp. (七娘妈生) | 七娘妈 | 生 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-niû-má-siⁿ / Chhit-niû-má-seⁿ / Chhit-niô͘-má-seⁿ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-niû-má-siⁿ
- Tâi-lô: Tshit-niû-má-sinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: chitniumafsvy
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²⁴⁻¹¹ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ niũ²⁴⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sĩ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²⁴⁻²² mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-niû-má-seⁿ
- Tâi-lô: Tshit-niû-má-senn
- Phofsit Daibuun: chitniumafsvef
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²³⁻³³ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-niô͘-má-seⁿ
- Tâi-lô: Tshit-niôo-má-senn
- IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niɔ̃²⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ niɔ̃¹³⁻²² mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
Proper noun
七娘媽生
- (Southern Min) Qixi Festival, the Chinese Valentine's Day, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 七夕 (“Qixi Festival”) [map]