正月正時

Chinese

		the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (正月正時)		正月	正	時
simp. (正月正时)		正月	正	时

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiaⁿ-ge̍h-chiaⁿ-sî / chiaⁿ-goe̍h-chiaⁿ-sî / chiaⁿ-ge̍rh-chiaⁿ-sî

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiaⁿ-ge̍h-chiaⁿ-sî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiann-ge̍h-tsiann-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvia'geqcviasii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siã⁴⁴⁻³³ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡siã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiaⁿ-goe̍h-chiaⁿ-sî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiann-gue̍h-tsiann-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvia'goeqcviasii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴⁻³³ si²³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡siã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡue(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiaⁿ-ge̍rh-chiaⁿ-sî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiann-ge̍rh-tsiann-sî
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡siã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡə(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴⁻²² si²⁴/

Noun

正月正時

1. (Xiamen, Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien) first three days of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar (also sometimes the first five days)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 正月 (zhēngyuè), 正月正頭／正月正头