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聖誕節
聖誕節
See also: 圣诞节
Chinese
| birth of a sage, a saint, a god, etc. | festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
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| trad. (聖誕節) | 聖誕 | 節 | |
| simp. (圣诞节) | 圣诞 | 节 | |
| Literally: “holy birth festival”. | |||
Proper noun
聖誕節
- Christmas (Christian holiday)
- 聖誕節快樂！ / 圣诞节快乐！ ― Shèngdànjié kuàilè! ― Merry Christmas!
- 聖誕節快樂！ / 圣诞节快乐！ [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― Sing3 daan3 zit3 faai3 lok6! [Jyutping] ― Merry Christmas!
- 聖誕節快樂！ / 圣诞节快乐！ [Min Nan] ― Sèng-tàn-cheh khoài-lo̍k! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Merry Christmas!
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕節 (“Christmas”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聖誕節 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 聖誕、聖誕節 |
| Taiwan | 聖誕、聖誕節、耶誕、耶誕節 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聖誕、聖誕節 |
| Hong Kong | 聖誕、聖誕節 | |
| Taishan | 聖誕、聖誕節 | |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 聖誕、聖誕節 |
| Xiamen | 聖誕、聖誕節、救主誕、救主聖誕 | |
| Zhangzhou | 聖誕、聖誕節、救主誕 | |
| Taipei | 聖誕、聖誕節、耶誕、耶誕節、救主誕 | |
| Malaysia | 紅毛冬節 | |
| Chaozhou | 聖誕節 | |