交冬

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	winter
simp. and trad. (交冬)		交	冬

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): Gáu-dóng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao¹ dang¹

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Gáu-dóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁴ tɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gao¹ dang¹ [Phonetic: gao⁵ lang¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(t-)laŋ⁵³³/

Proper noun

交冬

1. (Northern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) The first day of winter (one of the solar terms, around the 7th of November)

Synonyms

• 立冬 (Lìdōng)

See also

• 二十四節氣／二十四节气 (Èrshísì Jiéqì, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
  • Spring: 立春 (Lìchūn)、雨水 (yǔshuǐ)、驚蟄／惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)、春分 (Chūnfēn)、清明 (qīngmíng)、穀雨／谷雨 (Gǔyǔ)
  • Summer: 立夏 (Lìxià)、小滿／小满 (Xiǎomǎn)、芒種／芒种 (mángzhòng)、夏至 (xiàzhì)、小暑 (Xiǎoshǔ)、大暑 (Dàshǔ)
  • Autumn: 立秋 (Lìqiū)、處暑／处暑 (Chǔshǔ)、白露 (báilù)、秋分 (Qiūfēn)、寒露 (Hánlù)、霜降 (Shuāngjiàng)
  • Winter: 立冬 (Lìdōng)、小雪 (xiǎoxuě)、大雪 (dàxuě)、冬至 (dōngzhì)、小寒 (Xiǎohán)、大寒 (Dàhán)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “交冬”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 196.