交春

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
simp. and trad. (交春)		交	春

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Kâu-chhûn

  (Hailu, HRS): gau^ˋ chun^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gau¹ cun¹

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): gao¹ cong¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kau-tshen

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kâu-chhûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau^ˊ cun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau^ˋ chun^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³ t͡ʃʰun⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gau¹ cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kau⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gao¹ cong¹ [Phonetic: gao⁵ long¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lɔŋ⁵³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kau-tshen
    • MiniDict: kau^平 tshen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau-tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰən²¹/

Proper noun

交春

1. (Hakka, Liuzhou Mandarin, Putian Puxian Min, Wu) The "Beginning of Spring", the first of the twenty-four solar terms, around February 3rd, 4th, or 5th, marking the first day of spring according to the Chinese calendar.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 立春 (“Spring commences (solar term)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		立春
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	立春, 打春
	Taiwan	立春
	Harbin	立春, 打春
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	立春, 打春
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打春, 立春
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	立春, 打春
	Wanrong	打春
	Xi'an	打春
	Xining	立春
	Xuzhou	立春, 打春
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打春, 立春
	Lanzhou	立春
	Ürümqi	打春, 立春
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打春, 立春
	Wuhan	立春, 打春
	Guiyang	打春, 立春
	Guilin	立春
	Liuzhou	立春, 交春
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	立春
	Yangzhou	打春
	Nantong	打春
Cantonese	Hong Kong	立春
	Dongguan	立春
	Nanning	立春
	Wuzhou	立春
	Yulin	立春
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	立春
Gan	Nanchang	立春, 打春
	Lichuan	立春
	Pingxiang	立春
Hakka	Meixian	立春, 交春
	Yudu	立春, 交春
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	立春, 交春
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	立春, 交春
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	交春, 立春
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	立春, 交春
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	交春, 立春
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	立春, 交春
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	立春
Huizhou	Jixi	分春
Jin	Taiyuan	立春
	Xinzhou	立春
Northern Min	Jian'ou	立春, 春
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	立春
	Fuqing	立春
Southern Min	Xiamen	立春
	Quanzhou	立春
	Zhangzhou	立春
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	立春
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	立春
	Haikou	立春
Puxian Min	Putian	交春, 迎春, 春動
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	立春
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	立春
Wu	Shanghai	立春, 交春
	Shanghai (Chongming)	交春
	Suzhou	立春, 打春
	Danyang	打春, 立春
	Hangzhou	立春
	Ningbo	立春, 交春
	Wenzhou	立春
	Jinhua	立春
Xiang	Changsha	立春
	Loudi	立春, 打春
	Quanzhou	立春

Coordinate terms

• 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), “交春”, 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 199.