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春聯

春聯

See also: 春联

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (春聯)		春	聯
simp. (春联)		春	联

Noun

春聯

(poetry) Chinese New Year couplet

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chūnlián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ lyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chhun-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chūnlián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenlian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ lyun⁴
  - Yale: chēun lyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ lyn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɵn⁵⁵ lyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-liân
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhunlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/