早冬

Chinese

		early; morning	winter
simp. and trad. (早冬)		早	冬

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chá-tang

---

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-tang
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafdafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

早冬

1. (Hokkien) early harvesting season for rice (usually referring to spring and summer)
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) early season rice

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早稻 (“early season paddy; early season unhusked rice”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早稻
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	早稻
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	早稻
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	早稻
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	早穀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	早稻
	Yangzhou	早稻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	早禾, 早造禾
	Dongguan	早造禾, 頭路禾
Gan	Nanchang	早禾
	Lichuan	早禾
	Pingxiang	早禾
Hakka	Meixian	早禾, 早仔
	Yudu	早禾
Huizhou	Jixi	早稻
Southern Min	Xiamen	早冬
	Quanzhou	早冬
	Zhangzhou	早冬
	Shantou	早稻, 早田
	Haikou	早稻
Puxian Min	Putian	早粟, 早季, 早季釉, 六月早
	Xianyou	早粟, 早季, 早季釉, 六月早
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	早穀
Wu	Shanghai	早稻
	Shanghai (Chongming)	早稻
	Suzhou	早稻
	Danyang	早稻
	Hangzhou	早稻
	Ningbo	早稻
	Wenzhou	早稻, 早穀
	Jinhua	早稻, 早穀
Xiang	Changsha	早稻, 早禾
	Loudi	早禾子

Derived terms

• 早冬米