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元旦

元旦

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	dawn; morning; day-break dawn; morning; day-break; day
simp. and trad. (元旦)		元	旦

Noun

元旦

New Year's Day

Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	旦
がん Grade: 2	たん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

gwantan > gantan.

Pronunciation

On'yomi

(Tokyo) がんたん [gàńtáń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]

IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ntã̠ɴ]

Noun

元旦 ‎(hiragana がんたん, romaji gantan)

the morning of first day of a new year
the first day of a new year; New Year's Day

See also

明 (あ)けましておめでとう ‎(akemashite omedetō)
大晦日 (おおみそか) ‎(ōmisoka)
元日 (がんじつ) ‎(ganjitsu)
正月 (しょうがつ) ‎(shōgatsu)

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Yuándàn

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ daan³
Min Nan (POJ): goân-tàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yuándàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuandann
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ ta̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ daan³
  - Yale: yùhn daan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ daan³
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tɑːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-tàn
  - Tâi-lô: guân-tàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goandaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² tan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² tan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² tan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ tan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ tan²¹/