長春

See also: 长春

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (長春)		長	春
simp. (长春)		长	春

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chángchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ ceon¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Chhòng-chhûn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cong² cun¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): Diòng-chŭng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiông-chhun / Tiâng-chhun
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zan-tshen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chángchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chángchun
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻang²-chʻun¹
    • Yale: Cháng-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charngchuen
    • Palladius: Чанчунь (Čančunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ ceon¹
    • Yale: chèuhng chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhòng-chhûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: congˇ cun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong² cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cong² cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Diòng-chŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiông-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: Tiông-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongzhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiâng-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: Tiâng-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diangzhwn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zan-tshen
    • MiniDict: zan^去 tshen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zan-tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zã²² t͡sʰən⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: drjang tsyhwin

Rime
Character	長	春
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直良切	昌脣切
Baxter	drjang	tsyhwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨɐŋ/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕʰʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɑŋ/	/t͡ɕʰjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨaŋ/	/cʰwin/
Li Rong	/ȡiaŋ/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/
Wang Li	/ȡĭaŋ/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯aŋ/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	chūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4	ceon1

Proper noun

長春

1. (～市) Changchun (a subprovincial city, provincial capital, and largest city in Jilin, China)

Synonyms

• (historical) 寬城子／宽城子 (Kuānchéngzi), 新京 (Xīnjīng)

Compounds

• 長春河／长春河 (Chángchūn Hé)

 

Descendants

• → English: Changchun, Ch'ang-ch'un

See also

• 長春花／长春花 (chángchūnhuā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	春
ちょう Grade: 2	しゅん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

長(ちょう)春(しゅん) • (Chōshun) 

1. Changchun (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jilin, in northeastern China)
2. Changchun

Kanji in this term
長	春
ちゃん Grade: 2	ちゅん Grade: 2
irregular

Proper noun

長春(チャンチュン) • (Chanchun) 

1. Changchun (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jilin, in northeastern China)