中秋

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Chinese

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Etymology 1

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middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
autumn; fall; harvest time
autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
 
trad. (中秋)
simp. #(中秋)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (9) (14)
Final () (2) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter trjuwng tshjuw
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung1 cau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 17407 10537
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuŋ/ /*sʰɯw/

Noun

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中秋

  1. mid-autumn, especially the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar
  2. (~節) Mid-Autumn Festival
    中秋佳節中秋佳节  ―  Zhōngqiū jiājié  ―  (the joyous) Mid-Autumn Festival
    中秋快樂中秋快乐  ―  Zhōngqiū kuàilè!  ―  Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (中秋):
  • Korean: 중추(中秋) (jungchu)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 中鞦 (“swing”).
(This term is the simplified form of 中鞦).
Notes: