社賽

See also: 社赛

Chinese

		society; group	to compete; competition; match
trad. (社賽)		社	賽
simp. (社赛)		社	赛

Etymology

short for: 春社 or 秋社 + 迎神賽會

This festival is observed on the 5th day which begins with Yang earth (戊) (see Sexagenary cycle), after lichun and liqiu respectively.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèsài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄙㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèsài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèsài
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-sai⁴
    • Yale: shè-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehsay
    • Palladius: шэсай (šɛsaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ saɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

社賽

1. (archaic) a village festival celebrating the earth god

See also

• 春社 (chūnshè)
• 秋社 (qiūshè)

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 4, page 56, note 29 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN