鞦韆

See also: 秋千

Chinese

trad. (鞦韆/秋千)		鞦/秋	韆/千
simp. (秋千)		秋	千
anagram		韆鞦／千秋

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiūqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ cin¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiŭ-chiĕng
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu¹ ciang¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chieu-chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūqiān → qiūqian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄢ → ㄑㄧㄡ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciouciån
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-chʻien⁵
    • Yale: chyōu-chyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou.chian
    • Palladius: цюцянь (cjucjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ cin¹
    • Yale: chāu chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiŭ-chiĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu¹ ciang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiu tshiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chieu-chi
    • MiniDict: chieu^平 chi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qieu-qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

Noun

鞦韆

1. swing (hanging seat)

   蕩鞦韆／荡秋千  ―  dàng qiūqiān  ―  to play on a swing

   打鞦韆／打秋千  ―  dǎ qiūqiān  ―  to play on a swing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鞦韆 (“swing (hanging seat)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鞦韆
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鞦韆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鞦韆, 悠韆, 悠韆兒, 悠翅兒, 悠鞦兒
	Taiwan	鞦韆
	Harbin	悠悠兒, 悠韆兒, 悠韆
	Shenyang	鞦韆, 悠韆
	Singapore	鞦韆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鞦韆, 悠韆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	悠韆
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	鞦韆
	Xi'an	鞦
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	鞦兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鞦韆
	Wuhan	鞦韆, 鞦鞦
	Guiyang	鞦韆
	Kunming	使鞦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鞦韆
	Hefei	悠鞦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	韆鞦
	Hong Kong	韆鞦
	Taishan	韆鞦
	Yangjiang	韆鞦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	韆鞦
Gan	Nanchang	鞦韆
	Pingxiang	鞦韆
Hakka	Meixian	韆鞦
	Yudu	鞦韆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	晃槓仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	晃槓仔, 晃槓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	晃槓仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	晃槓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	晃槓仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	晃槓子
Jin	Taiyuan	悠韆, 鞦韆
	Xinzhou	悠韆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鞦韆, 鞦韆架
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	轆轆架, 鞦韆架, 鞦韆
Southern Min	Xiamen	韆鞦
	Quanzhou	韆鞦
	Zhangzhou	韆鞦
	Taipei	韆鞦, 公鞦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	韆鞦
	Kaohsiung	韆鞦
	Yilan	中鞦
	Changhua (Lukang)	韆鞦
	Taichung	中鞦, 公鞦
	Tainan	韆鞦
	Hsinchu	韆鞦
	Kinmen	韆鞦
	Penghu (Magong)	韆鞦
	Penang (Hokkien)	韆鞦
	Manila (Hokkien)	韆鞦
	Chaozhou	登鞦
	Shantou	鞦韆
	Jieyang	登鞦, 升鞦
	Leizhou	同鞦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	韆鞦
Wu	Shanghai	鞦韆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鞦韆
	Suzhou	鞦韆, 蕩鞦韆, 蕩韆韆
	Danyang	韆鞦, 鞦韆
	Hangzhou	鞦韆
	Ningbo	鞦韆
	Wenzhou	韆鞦
Xiang	Changsha	鞦韆
	Shuangfeng	鞦韆

Derived terms

• 鞦韆坪／秋千坪 (Qiūqiānpíng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鞦	韆
ぶらんこ
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 鞦韆／秋千 (qiūqiān, “swing”). Jukujikun (熟字訓) for the native Japanese term ぶらんこ (buranko, “swing, swingset”). Rare spelling in Japanese.

For pronunciation and definitions of 鞦韆 – see the following entry.

【ぶらんこブランコ】 [noun] [from 1800s] a swing (hanging seat), a swingset [noun] [from 1894] (archaic) swinging, something that swings, particularly a hanged person

(This term, 鞦韆, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)