Ghost Festival

English

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 鬼節 / 鬼节 (Guǐjié).

Proper noun

Ghost Festival

1. A traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.

Synonyms

• Hungry Ghost Festival, Zhongyuan

Translations

Taoist festival

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中元節 / 中元节 (zung¹ jyun⁴ zit³), 鬼節 / 鬼节 (gwai² zit³)

  Hokkien: 七月半 (chhit-goe̍h-poàⁿ)

  Mandarin: 中元節 / 中元节 (zh) (Zhōngyuánjié), 鬼節 / 鬼节 (zh) (Guǐjié), 盂蘭盆節 / 盂兰盆节 (Yúlánpénjié), 七月半 (Qīyuèbàn)

• Dutch: geestenfeest
• French: fête des fantômes f
• German: Geisterfest n
• Japanese: 中元 (ja) (chūgen)
• Korean: 백중날 (baekjungnal), 망혼일(亡魂日) (manghonil), 중원(中元) (ko) (jung'won)
• Malay: Perayaan Hantu
• Portuguese: festival dos fantasmas m
• Russian: фестиваль духов m (festivalʹ duxov)
• Spanish: festival de los fantasmas m
• Thai: วันสารทจีน
• Vietnamese: Tết Trung Nguyên (節中元)
• Zhuang: caet nyied cibseiq