春夏秋冬

Chinese

 
spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
 summer; Xia (proper name)
 
autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
 winter
simp. and trad.
(春夏秋冬)		 春 夏 秋 冬

Pronunciation

Noun

春夏秋冬

  1. four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter; a year
  • 春天 (chūntiān, “spring”)
  • 夏天 (xiàtiān, “summer”)
  • 秋天 (qiūtiān, “autumn”)
  • 冬天 (dōngtiān, “winter”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (春夏秋冬):
  • Japanese: 春 (しゅん)夏 (か)秋 (しゅう)冬 (とう) (shunkashūtō)
  • Korean: 춘하추동 (春夏秋冬, chunhachudong)
  • Vietnamese: xuân hạ thu đông (春夏秋冬)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
春 夏 秋 冬
しゅん
Grade: 2		 か
Grade: 2		 しゅう
Grade: 2		 とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 春夏秋冬.

Pronunciation

Noun

春夏秋冬 (hiragana しゅんかしゅうとう, rōmaji shunkashūtō, historical hiragana しゆんかしうとう)

  1. the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter
    Synonym: 四季 (shiki)
  2. (by extension) a whole year
    Synonym: 一年 (ichinen)

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
春夏秋冬

Noun

春夏秋冬 • (chunhachudong) (hangeul 춘하추동)

  1. Hanja form? of 춘하추동 (“the four seasons; all the year round; always”).
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