Mid-Autumn Festival

English

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 中秋節 / 中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié).

Noun

Mid-Autumn Festival (plural Mid-Autumn Festivals)

1. A harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people, held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar (between early September and early October).
2. (collective) The East Asian festivals originating, inspired, or co-opted from the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.

Synonyms

• (Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese): Moon Festival
• (Chinese festival): Zhongqiu, Zhongqiu Festival, Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese Moon Festival, Chinese Thanksgiving, Chinese Harvest Festival
• (Japanese festival): Tsukimi, Tsukimi Festival, Otsukimi, Otsukimi Festival, Japanese Mid-Autumn Festival, Japanese Moon Festival, Japanese Thanksgiving, Japanese Harvest Festival
• (Korean festival): Chuseok, Chuseok Festival, Hangawi, Hangawi Festival, Korean Mid-Autumn Festival, Korean Thanksgiving, Korean Harvest Festival
• (Vietnamese festival): Tet Trung Thu, Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival, Vietnamese Moon Festival, Vietnamese Thanksgiving, Vietnamese Harvest Festival

Translations

harvest festival

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中秋節 / 中秋节 (zung¹ cau¹ zit³), 八月十五 (baat³ jyut⁶ sap⁶ ng⁵)

  Mandarin: 中秋節 / 中秋节 (zh) (Zhōngqiūjié), 八月節 / 八月节 (zh) (Bāyuèjié)

• Dutch: Maanfeest (nl), Midherfstfestival
• Finnish: keskisyksyn juhla
• French: fête de la mi-autone f, fête de la lune f
• Galician: festa do medio outono
• German: Mondfest n, Mittherbstfest n
• Japanese: 中秋節 (ja) (chūshūsetsu)
• Korean: 중추절(中秋節) (ko) (jungchujeol), 한가위 (ko) (han'gawi), 추석(秋夕) (ko) (chuseok)
• Macedonian: Средесеница f (Sredesenica)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ
  ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ (biyangga inenggi), ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ
  ᠪᡳᠶᠠᡳ
  ᡨ᠋ᠣᡶ᠋ᠣᡥᠣᠨ (jakūn biyai tofohon)
• Russian: пра́здник середи́ны о́сени m (prázdnik seredíny óseni)
• Spanish: fiesta del Medio Otoño f
• Vietnamese: Tết Trung Thu (節中秋)
• Zhuang: bet nyied cibngux

See also

• mooncake