聖誕

See also: 圣诞

Chinese

 
holy; sacred; saint; sage
 
birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
trad. (聖誕)
simp. (圣诞)

Pronunciation


Noun

聖誕

  1. birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.

Usage notes

Often refers to Confucius's birthday.

Hyponyms

  • 孔誕孔诞
  • 佛誕佛诞 (Fódàn)
  • 菩薩誕菩萨诞

Proper noun

聖誕

  1. Christmas

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕節 (“Christmas”) [map]
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 聖誕聖誕節老番冬 dated
Hong Kong 聖誕聖誕節老番冬 dated
Taishan 聖誕聖誕節
Min Nan Xiamen 聖誕聖誕節救主誕救主聖誕
Quanzhou 聖誕聖誕節
Zhangzhou 聖誕聖誕節救主誕
Taipei 聖誕聖誕節耶誕耶誕節救主誕
Penang 紅毛冬節
Chaozhou 聖誕節

Derived terms

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