鬼節

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (鬼節)		鬼	節
simp. (鬼节)		鬼	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěijié
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-chieh²
    • Yale: gwěi-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeijye
    • Palladius: гуйцзе (gujcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² zit³
    • Yale: gwái jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: kuí-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuyciad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/

Noun

鬼節

1. ghost festival, in particular:
   1. The Chinese festival known as 中元節／中元节 (zhōngyuánjié).
   2. Halloween
   3. Day of the Dead

Synonyms

• (Chinese festival): 中元節／中元节 (zhōngyuánjié), 地官誕／地官诞, 盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (Yúlánpénhuì), 盂蘭盆節／盂兰盆节 (Yúlánpénjié), 普渡 (pǔdù), 七月半 (qīyuèbàn); (Jin) 七月十五; (Hokkien) 鬼仔節／鬼仔节, 徛旗, 普祀
• (Halloween): 萬聖夜／万圣夜 (wànshèngyè), 萬聖節／万圣节 (Wànshèngjié)
• (Day of the Dead): 亡靈節／亡灵节

Descendants

• English: Ghost Festival