中秋

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
simp. and trad. (中秋)		中	秋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngqiū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄑㄧㄡ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zung¹ cau¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ tiu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zung¹ qiu
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-chhiû
Min Dong (BUC): dṳ̆ng-chiŭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tiong-chhiu / teng-chhiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ ciu¹
Wu (Wiktionary): tson qieu (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngqiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄑㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchiou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ cau¹
  - Yale: jūng chāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tsau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ceo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zuung¹ tiu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ tʰiu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zung¹ qiu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁴² t͡ɕʰiu²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-chhiû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ qiu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ qiu¹
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯u²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-chiŭ
  - IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongchiw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡ɕʰiu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: ting-tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengchiw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ t͡ɕʰiu³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dong¹ ciu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong tshiu
  - IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiu³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tson qieu (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiɜ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʈɨuŋ t͡sʰɨu/▼

Rime
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	陟弓切	七由切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/t͡sʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/t͡sʰuw/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiu/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	qiū

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ tsʰiw/

(Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ sʰɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	qiū
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwng ›	‹ tshjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*truŋ/	/*tsʰiw/
English	center	autumn; crop
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	17407	10537
Phonetic component	中	秋
Rime group	終	幽
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	中	秋
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ/	/*sʰɯw/

Noun

中秋

mid-autumn, especially the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar
(～節) Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋佳節 / 中秋佳节 ― Zhōngqiū jiājié ― (the joyous) Mid-Autumn Festival

中秋快樂！ / 中秋快乐！ ― Zhōngqiū kuàilè! ― Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Synonyms

(lunar month): 桂月 (Guìyuè), 瑩月／莹月, 虹月, 吟秋, 鴉月／鸦月, 壯月／壮月, 仲秋, 八月 (bāyuè)

Dialectal synonyms of 中秋節 (“Mid-Autumn Festival”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		中秋, 中秋節
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		中秋節
Mandarin	Beijing	八月節, 中秋
	Taiwan	中秋, 中秋節, 八月節
	Harbin	八月節
	Shenyang	八月節
	Hailar	八月節
	Ulan Hot	八月節
	Tongliao	八月節
	Chifeng	八月節
	Bayanhot	八月十五
	Jinan	八月十五, 八月節, 中秋
	Muping	八月兒十五, 八月兒節
	Luoyang	中秋節, 八月十五
	Jiedian	八月十五
	Xi'an	八月節, 八月十五
	Qingdao	八月十五
	Zhengzhou	八月十五
	Xining	八月十五, 中秋節
	Xuzhou	八月十五
	Yinchuan	中秋節
	Lanzhou	八月十五, 中秋節
	Ürümqi	八月十五
	Wuhan	中秋, 八月十五, 八月節氣
	Huanggang	八月中秋
	Chengdu	中秋, 中秋節, 八月十五
	Guiyang	中秋節, 八月十五
	Guilin	八月十五
	Liuzhou	八月十五, 八月節, 中秋
	Kunming	中秋, 八月十五
	Yangzhou	八月節, 中秋節
	Nanjing	八月節, 中秋節, 中秋, 團圓節
	Hefei	八月節
	Nantong	中秋節, 八月半
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中秋節, 八月十五
	Hong Kong	中秋節, 八月十五
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	八月十五
	Foshan	八月十五
	Shunde	中秋節
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	八月十五
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	八月十五
	Taishan	中秋, 八月十五
	Kaiping (Chikan)	八月十五
	Dongguan	八月十五
	Shaoguan	八月十五
	Yunfu	八月十五
	Yangjiang	中秋, 八月十五
	Xinyi	八月十五
	Lianjiang	中秋節
	Nanning	八月十五
	Wuzhou	八月十五
	Yulin	八月十五
	Hepu	八月十五
	Danzhou	八月十五
	Kuala Lumpur	中秋節
	Ho Chi Minh City	八月十五
Gan	Nanchang	中秋, 中秋節
	Lichuan	中秋
	Pingxiang	中秋
Hakka	Meixian	八月半, 中秋節, 山歌節
	Luchuan	八月十五
	Changting	八月節
	Wuping	八月節
	Ninghua	中秋節
	Yudu	中秋節
	Ruijin	八月節
	Shicheng	八月節
	Shangyou	中秋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	八月半, 中秋
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	八月半, 中秋
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	八月半, 中秋, 中秋節
	Dongshi (Dabu)	八月半, 中秋, 中秋節
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	八月半, 中秋
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	八月半, 中秋
	Hong Kong	八月十五, 八月半
	Sabah	八月半
	Senai	八月半
Huizhou	Jixi	中秋, 八月半
	Shexian	中秋
	Tunxi	中秋節
	Xiuning	中秋
	Yixian	中秋
	Qimen	中秋節
	Wuyuan	中秋, 中秋節
	Fuliang	中秋節
	Dexing	中秋
Jin	Taiyuan	八月十五
	Xinzhou	八月兒十五
	Baochang	八月十五
	Jining	八月十五
	Hohhot	八月十五
	Baotou	八月十五
	Dongsheng	八月十五
	Linhe	八月十五
	Haibowan	八月十五
Min Bei	Jian'ou	中秋, 八月中秋, 八月十五
	Dikou	八月十五
	Zhenqian	中秋
	Shibei	中秋
Min Dong	Fuzhou	八月中秋, 中秋, 八月十五, 八月節
	Changle	中秋節
	Fuqing	中秋, 八月十五
	Yongtai	中秋節
	Gutian	做中秋
	Fu'an	中秋
	Ningde	八月中秋
	Shouning	中秋節
	Zhouning	做中秋
	Fuding	中秋
	Matsu	八月中秋, 八月十五, 中秋節
Min Nan	Xiamen	中秋, 八月十五, 八月節, 八月半
	Quanzhou	中秋, 八月半
	Zhangzhou	中秋, 八月節, 八月半
	Penang	八月十五
	Pingnan	中秋節
	Chaozhou	八月中秋
	Haifeng	八月半
	Johor Bahru	中秋
	Wenchang	中秋
	Haikou	八月節, 八月十五
	Leizhou	八月十五
Puxian Min	Putian	做秋
Puxian Min	Xianyou	栽秋
Pinghua	Nanning	八月節, 八月十五
Pinghua	Guilin	八月十五
Wu	Shanghai	八月半, 中秋節, 中秋, 團圓節
	Suzhou	八月半, 中秋, 中秋節
	Wuxi	八月半
	Hangzhou	八月半
	Wenzhou	八月十五
	Chongming	八月半
	Danyang	八月半
	Jinhua	八月半, 中秋, 八月中秋
	Ningbo	八月十六
Xiang	Changsha	中秋, 中秋節, 八月十五, 八月節
	Shuangfeng	中秋, 八月十五
	Loudi	中秋節
	Quanzhou	八月十五, 中秋節

Derived terms

中秋帖
中秋節／中秋节 (zhōngqiūjié)

中秋餅／中秋饼 (zhōngqiūbǐng)
八月中秋 (bāyuè zhōngqiū)

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