回春
Chinese
to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam |
spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | ||
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| simp. and trad. (回春) |
回 | 春 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huíchūn
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huéichun
- Wade–Giles: hui2-chʻun1
- Yale: hwéi-chwūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweichuen
- Palladius: хуэйчунь (xuejčunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huíchūnr
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄣㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huéichunr
- Wade–Giles: hui2-chʻun1-ʼrh
- Yale: hwéi-chwūnr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweichuel
- Palladius: хуэйчуньр (xuejčunʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯əɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wui4 ceon1
- Yale: wùih chēun
- Cantonese Pinyin: wui4 tsoen1
- Guangdong Romanization: wui4 cên1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: fe2 cheng1
- Sinological IPA: /fe²⁴ t͡ʃʰeŋ³³/
- (Changting)
Verb
回春
- (of spring) to return; to come around
- (figurative) to bring back to life; to cure
- (of an entertainer) to become popular again, to regain popularity
Derived terms
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “回春”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 186.