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): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ceon¹ fai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānchūnhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanchunhuei
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-chʻun¹-hui¹
    • Yale: sān-chwūn-hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchuenhuei
    • Palladius: саньчуньхуэй (sanʹčunʹxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ ceon¹ fai¹
    • Yale: sāam chēun fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsoen¹ fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cên¹ fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

三春暉

1. (figuratively) maternal love
2. (figuratively, by extension) deep kindness

See also

• 寸草心