春秋
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Chinese[edit]
spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life |
autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing | ||
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trad. (春秋) | 春 | 秋 | |
simp. #(春秋) | 春 | 秋 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
春秋
- (literally) spring and autumn
- (metonymically) the four seasons
- (figurative) a year's time; year
- (figurative) person's age
- 春秋鼎盛 ― chūnqiū dǐngshèng ― in the prime of one's life
- (figurative) time (as a general concept)
- (figurative) annal; chronicle of events by year
Derived terms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
春秋
- the Spring and Autumn Annals (the chronicle of the state of Lu)
- the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC)
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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春 | 秋 |
しゅん Grade: 2 |
しゅう > じゅう Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese compound 春秋 (MC tsyhwin tshjuw, literally “spring and autumn”). The kan'on, so probably a shift in reading after initial borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) しゅんじゅう [shùńjúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) しゅんじゅう [shúꜜǹjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝː]
Noun[edit]
- spring and autumn
- (metonymically) a year; (by extension) one's age
Proper noun[edit]
See also[edit]
- 五経 (Gokyō, “the Five Classics of Chinese literature”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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春 | 秋 |
はる Grade: 2 |
あき Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 春 (haru, “spring”) + 秋 (aki, “autumn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- spring and autumn
- (metonymically) a year; (by extension) one's age
- 1212, Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki [The Ten-Foot Square Hut]:
- 四十あまりの春秋をおくれる間に
- yonjū amari no haruaki o okureru aida ni
- during the course of living some forty-odd years
- 四十あまりの春秋をおくれる間に
References[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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春 | 秋 |
Proper noun[edit]
春秋
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