三春暉

Chinese

		three months of spring; three springs; three years	bright; radiant
trad. (三春暉)		三春	暉
simp. (三春晖)		三春	晖

Etymology

From a poem 《遊子吟》 by Meng Jiao (孟郊), in which maternal love was compared to spring sunshine.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānchūnhuī

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄔㄨㄣㄏㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ceon¹ fai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānchūnhuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄔㄨㄣㄏㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchuenhuei
  - IPA ^(key): /sa̠n⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ ceon¹ fai¹
  - Yale: sāam chēun fāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsoen¹ fai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cên¹ fei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰɵn⁵⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

三春暉

(figuratively) maternal love
(figuratively, by extension) deep kindness

See also

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