春月

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	moon; month
simp. and trad. (春月)		春	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunyuè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: chwūn-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenyueh
    • Palladius: чуньюэ (čunʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhwin ngjwot

Rime
Character	春	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昌脣切	魚厥切
Baxter	tsyhwin	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon1	jyut6

Noun

春月

1. (literary) spring moon
2. (literary) springtime