揮春

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (揮春)		揮	春
simp. (挥春)		挥	春
alternative forms		撝春／㧑春

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ ceon¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai¹ ceon¹
    • Yale: fāi chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Noun

揮春

1. (Cantonese) fai chun; New Year scroll (Classifier: 張／张 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 春聯 (“Spring Festival couplet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		春聯
Mandarin	Taiwan	春聯
	Jinan	春聯
	Singapore	春聯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	揮春
	Hong Kong	揮春
	Dongguan	揮春
Hakka	Meixian	春聯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	春聯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	春聯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	春聯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	春聯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	春聯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	春聯
Southern Min	Xiamen	春聯, 門聯
	Quanzhou	春聯, 門對
	Zhangzhou	春聯
	Shantou	春聯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	揮春