清明節

See also: 淸明節 and 清明节

Chinese

		Tomb Sweeping Day	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (清明節)		清明	節
simp. (清明节)		清明	节

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qīngmíngjié

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ming⁴ zit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Qīngmíngjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chingmingjye
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ ming⁴ zit³
  - Yale: chīng mìhng jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ming⁴ dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ming⁴ jid³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ t͡siːt̚³/

Proper noun

清明節

Tomb Sweeping Day, an annual Chinese holiday observed 15 days after the Spring equinox (April 4 or 5)

Synonyms

清明 (Qīngmíng)
掃墳節／扫坟节 (Sǎofénjiē)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	明	節
せい Grade: 4	めい Grade: 2	せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

清明 (Seimei) +‎ 節 (-setsu, “-day; festival; celebration”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːme̞ːse̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Proper noun

清明節 (hiragana せいめいせつ, rōmaji Seimeisetsu)

Tomb Sweeping Day, an annual Chinese holiday observed 15 days after the Spring equinox (April 4 or 5)

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