Zhongqiu
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 中秋節 / 中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié, “Mid-Autumn Festival”).
Proper noun
[edit]Zhongqiu
- (uncommon, chiefly China) Synonym of Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese harvest festival.
- 2020, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese..., p. 192:
- Although the Hui in the northwest do not celebrate the Han holidays of Zhongqiu, Qingming, or even Chun Jie (Spring Festival), the Hui in most of China's cities gladly participate.
- 2020, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese..., p. 192:
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