黃梅天

See also: 黄梅天

Chinese

		ripe plums; plum season; Japanese apricot	day; sky; heaven
trad. (黃梅天)		黃梅	天
simp. (黄梅天)		黄梅	天

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángméitiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ mui⁴ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): n̂g-mûi-thiⁿ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶waon-me-thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángméitiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángméitian
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-mei²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: hwáng-méi-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangmeitian
    • Palladius: хуанмэйтянь (xuanmɛjtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ mui⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: wòhng mùih tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ mui⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ mui⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ muːi̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: n̂g-mûi-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: n̂g-muî-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngmui'tvy
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍²³⁻³³ muĩ²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶waon-me-thi
    • MiniDict: waon^去 me thi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan-me-thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² me⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

Noun

黃梅天

1. rainy season

Synonyms

• 黃梅季／黄梅季 (huángméijì)
• (Shanghainese) 黃梅天氣／黄梅天气