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中秋

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
simp. and trad. (中秋)		中	秋

Noun

中秋

mid-autumn, especially the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar
Short for 中秋節／中秋节 (zhōngqiūjié, “Mid-Autumn Festival”).

Synonyms

(lunar month): 桂月 (Guìyuè), 瑩月／莹月, 虹月, 吟秋, 鴉月／鸦月, 壯月／壮月, 仲秋, 八月 (Bāyuè)
(the Mid-Autumn Festival):

Dialectal synonyms of 中秋節 (“Mid-Autumn Festival”)
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		中秋、中秋節
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		中秋節
Mandarin	Beijing	八月節、中秋
	Taiwan	中秋、中秋節、八月節
	Harbin	八月節
	Jinan	八月十五、八月節、中秋
	Muping	八月兒十五、八月兒節
	Luoyang	中秋節、八月十五
	Wanrong	八月十五
	Xi'an	八月節、八月十五
	Xining	八月十五、中秋節
	Yinchuan	中秋節
	Ürümqi	八月十五
	Wuhan	中秋、八月十五、八月節氣
	Chengdu	中秋、中秋節、八月十五
	Guiyang	中秋節、八月十五
	Liuzhou	八月十五、八月節
	Yangzhou	八月節、中秋節
	Nanjing	中秋節、八月節、團圓節
	Hefei	八月節
	Nantong	八月半
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中秋節、八月十五
	Hong Kong	中秋節、八月十五
	Dongguan	八月十五
	Taishan	中秋、八月十五
	Yangjiang	中秋、八月十五
Gan	Nanchang	中秋、中秋節
	Lichuan	中秋
	Pingxiang	中秋
Hakka	Meixian	八月半、中秋節、山歌節
	Yudu	中秋節
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	八月半、中秋
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	八月半、中秋
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	八月半、中秋、中秋節
	Dongshi (Dabu)	八月半、中秋、中秋節
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	八月半、中秋
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	八月半、中秋
Hui	Jixi	八月半
Jin	Taiyuan	八月十五
Jin	Xinzhou	八月兒十五
Min Bei	Jian'ou	中秋、八月中秋、八月十五
Min Dong	Fuzhou	中秋、八月中秋、八月十五、八月節
Min Nan	Quanzhou	中秋、八月半
	Xiamen	中秋、八月十五、八月節、八月半
	Zhangzhou	中秋、八月節、八月半
	Taipei	中秋、中秋節、八月半、八月節
	Chaozhou	八月中秋、中秋節、八月十五
	Haikou	八月節、八月十五
	Leizhou	八月十五
Pinghua	Nanning	八月節、八月十五
Wu	Shanghai	八月半、中秋節
	Suzhou	八月半、中秋、中秋節
	Hangzhou	八月半
	Wenzhou	八月十五
	Chongming	八月半
	Danyang	八月半
	Jinhua	八月半、中秋、八月中秋
	Ningbo	八月十六
Xiang	Changsha	中秋、中秋節、八月十五、八月節
Xiang	Shuangfeng	中秋、八月十五

Derived terms

中秋帖
中秋節／中秋节 (zhōngqiūjié)

中秋餅／中秋饼 (zhōngqiūbǐng)
八月中秋 (bāyuè zhōngqiū)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōngqiū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄑㄧㄡ
Cantonese

(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zung¹ cau¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ tiu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zung¹ qiu
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-chhiû
Min Dong (BUC): dṳ̆ng-chiŭ
Min Nan (POJ): tiong-chhiu / teng-chhiu
Wu (Wiktionary): tson qieu (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngqiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄑㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchiou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ cau¹
  - Yale: jūng chāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tsau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zuung¹ tiu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ tʰiu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zung¹ qiu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁴² t͡ɕʰiu²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-chhiû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ qiu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ qiu¹
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯u²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-chiŭ
  - IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongchiw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡ɕʰiu³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: ting-tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengchiw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ t͡ɕʰiu³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tson qieu (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiɜ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʈɨuŋ t͡sʰɨu/▼

Rime
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	陟弓切	七由切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/t͡sʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/t͡sʰuw/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiu/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	qiū

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*truŋ tsʰiw/

(Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ sʰɯw/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	qiū
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwng ›	‹ tshjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*truŋ/	/*tsʰiw/
English	center	autumn; crop
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	17407	10537
Phonetic component	中	秋
Rime group	終	幽
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	中	秋
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ/	/*sʰɯw/

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