正旦

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	female character
simp. and trad. (正旦)		正	旦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngdàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ daan^3-2

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdàn
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tan⁴
    • Yale: jèng-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdann
    • Palladius: чжэндань (čžɛndanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ daan^3-2
    • Yale: jing dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ daan^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ dan^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ taːn³³⁻³⁵/

Noun

正旦

1. one of the main divisions of the 旦 or female role in traditional opera (traditionally the role of a woman with a strong personality and cultured behaviour)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 青衣 (“qingyi”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		青衣, 青衣旦, 正旦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	青衣
	Harbin	青衣
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	青衣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	青衣
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	青衣
	Wanrong	青衣
	Xi'an	青衣
	Xining	青衣
	Xuzhou	青衣
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	青衣
	Lanzhou	青衣
	Ürümqi	青衣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	青衣旦, 青衣旦兒
	Wuhan	青衣
	Guiyang	青衣
	Liuzhou	正旦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	青衣
	Yangzhou	青衣
Cantonese	Dongguan	青衣
Gan	Nanchang	青衣
	Lichuan	青衣
	Pingxiang	青衣
Hakka	Meixian	正旦
Huizhou	Jixi	青衣
Jin	Taiyuan	青衣旦
	Xinzhou	青衣, 唱青衣哩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	青衣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	青衣
Southern Min	Tainan	苦旦
	Chaozhou	烏衫旦
	Shantou	烏衫旦
	Shantou (Chenghai)	烏衫旦
Wu	Shanghai	青衣
	Suzhou	青衣
	Danyang	青衣
	Hangzhou	青衣
	Wenzhou	青衣
	Jinhua	青衣
Xiang	Changsha	青衣