春天

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (春天)		春	天

Wikipedia has articles on:

春天 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
春天 (Cantonese)
春天 (Wu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chūntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄊㄧㄢ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чунтян (čunti͡an, I-II) / чунтян (čunti͡an, I-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceon¹ tin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): cun¹ hen¹ / cun¹ hen^1*
Gan (Wiktionary): 'cun¹ tien¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhûn-thiên

(Hailu, HRS): chun^ˋ tien^ˋ
Jin (Wiktionary): cung¹ tie¹
Northern Min (KCR): ché̤ng-tíng
Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng-tiĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhun-thiⁿ / chhun-thian

(Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹ tin¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshen-thi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyn¹ tienn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūntiān → chūntian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄊㄧㄢ → ㄔㄨㄣ ˙ㄊㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuntiån
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-tʻien⁵
  - Yale: chwūn-tyan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuen.tian
  - Palladius: чуньтянь (čunʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn²/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūntiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄊㄧㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuntianr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-tʻien¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: chwūn-tyānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuential
  - Palladius: чуньтяньр (čunʹtjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чунтян (čunti͡an, I-II) / чунтян (čunti͡an, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴ tʰiæ̃⁵¹/, /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ tin¹
  - Yale: chēun tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: cun¹ hen¹ / cun¹ hen^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰun³³ hen³³/, /t͡sʰun³³ hen³³⁻³³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'cun¹ tien¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sʰun⁴² tʰiɛn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-thiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ tien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ tian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chun^ˋ tien^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰun⁵³ tʰien⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cung¹ tie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuŋ¹¹ tʰie¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ché̤ng-tíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴ tʰiŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng-tiĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)nieŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuntvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ tʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰun³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-thian
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuntiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cung¹ tin¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshung thiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³⁻²³ tʰĩ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshen-thi
  - MiniDict: tshen^平 thi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen-thi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qyn¹ tienn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³³ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

Middle Chinese: tsyhwin then

Rime
Character	春	天
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	昌脣切	他前切
Baxter	tsyhwin	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/	/tʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon¹	tin¹

Noun

春天

spring (season)
春風送來春天的問候。 [MSC, trad.]
春风送来春天的问候。 [MSC, simp.]
Chūnfēng sòng lái chūntiān de wènhòu. [Pinyin]
Spring greets us with its warm breeze.

北京的春天很適合騎車逛衚衕。 [MSC, trad.]
北京的春天很适合骑车逛胡同。 [MSC, simp.]
Běijīng de chūntiān hěn shìhé qíchē guàng hútòng. [Pinyin]
Beijing’s spring is very suitable for cycling around the hutongs.
springtime
(figuratively) vitality; hope; prospects

Synonyms

(spring, springtime): (Teochew) 春天時／春天时

Dialectal synonyms of 春天 (“spring; springtime”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		春天, 春季
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	春天, 春季天兒, 春景天兒
	Taiwan	春天
	Chengde	春天
	Chifeng	春天, 春上
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	春天
	Heihe	春天, 春起
	Qiqihar	春天
	Harbin	春天, 春上
	Jiamusi	春天
	Baicheng	春天
	Changchun	春天
	Tonghua	春天
	Shenyang	春天
	Jinzhou	春天, 春上
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	春天
	Tangshan	春天
	Cangzhou	春天, 春兒上
	Baoding	春天
	Shijiazhuang	春天
	Lijin	春天
	Jinan	春天
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	春天, 春季天兒
	Dandong	春天, 春經天
	Yantai	春上
	Yantai (Muping)	春天, 春季天兒, 春般天兒
	Qingdao	春天, 春上
	Zhucheng	春天
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	春天, 春上, 春季兒
	Lingbao	春上
	Jining	春天
	Wanrong	春天, 春裡, 二三月
	Linfen	春天
	Shangqiu	春天, 春上
	Yuanyang	春天, 春上
	Zhengzhou	春天, 春上
	Xinyang	春天
	Baihe	春天, 春上
	Xi'an	春天, 春上, 春裡
	Baoji	春天, 春上
	Tianshui	春天, 春上
	Xining	春天, 春上
	Xuzhou	春天, 春上
	Fuyang	春天, 春上
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	春天, 春上, 開春
	Lanzhou	春天, 春上
	Dunhuang	春天, 春上, 春裡
	Hami	春天, 春上
	Ürümqi	春天, 春上
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	春天, 春天家
	Nanchong	春天, 春上
	Dazhou	春上
	Hanyuan	春天
	Xichang	春天
	Zigong	春天
	Chongqing	春天兒
	Wuhan	春天, 春上, 春季
	Yichang	春天, 春上
	Xiangyang	春天, 春上
	Tianmen	春天, 春上
	Guiyang	春天, 春天價, 春上
	Zunyi	春天
	Bijie	春天
	Liping	春天
	Zhaotong	春天
	Dali	春天
	Kunming	春天
	Mengzi	春天
	Guilin	春天
	Liuzhou	春天
	Nanning (Wuming)	春天
	Jishou	春天, 春上, 春上天
	Changde	春天
	Hanzhong	春天, 春上
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	春天
	Yangzhou	春天, 春上
	Lianyungang	春天
	Lianshui	春天
	Nantong	春天, 春上
	Anqing	春天, 春上
	Wuhu	春天, 春上
	Hefei	春天, 春上
	Hong'an	春天, 春天道, 春季
Cantonese	Hong Kong	春天
	Taishan	春天
	Dongguan	春天
	Nanning	春天, 春頭天, 春水天
	Nanning (Tanka)	春天
	Wuzhou	春天
	Yulin	春天, 春季
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	春天
Gan	Nanchang	春天, 春上
	Pengze	春上
	Lichuan	春上
	Pingxiang	春上天, 春上裡
Hakka	Meixian	春天
	Dabu (Xihe)	春季
	Yudu	春天
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	春天
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	春天
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	春天
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	春天
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	春天
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	春天
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	春天
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	春天
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	春天
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	春天
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	春天
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	春天
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	春天
Huizhou	Jixi	春上頭, 春上
	Shexian	春天
	Fuliang	春天
Jin	Taiyuan	春天, 春期
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	春期
	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	春期
	Pingyao	春起日
	Yangyuan	春天, 春起
	Datong	春天
	Xinzhou	春天, 春期
	Lüliang (Lishi)	春天, 春起, 春上
	Changzhi	春天
	Linhe	春天, 春天裡, 春起
	Jining	春天
	Hohhot	春天, 春起
	Erenhot	春天, 春起
	Pingshan	春天
	Zhangjiakou	春天
	Handan	春天, 春上
	Linzhou	春天
	Suide	春上
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	春裡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	春天
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	春天
Eastern Min	Fuqing	春天
Southern Min	Xiamen	春天, 春裡
	Quanzhou	春天, 春咧
	Zhangzhou	春天, 春頭天
	Zhao'an	春天
	Taipei	春天
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	春天
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	春天
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	春天
	Kaohsiung	春天
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	春天
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	春天
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	春天
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	春天
	Yilan (Luodong)	春天
	Yilan (Toucheng)	春天
	Changhua (Yongjing)	春天
	Tainan (Anping)	春天
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	春天
	Kinmen	春天
	Penghu (Magong)	春天
	Penghu (Xiyu)	春天
	Penang (Hokkien)	春天
	Longyan	春頭天
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	春頭, 春頭天
	Haikou	春季
Central Min	Yong'an	春天
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	春天
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	春天
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	春天
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	春天
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	春天
Wu	Shanghai	春天, 春場裡, 春浪向, 春浪
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	春天, 春場裡, 春二三月
	Shanghai (Jiading)	春天, 春浪
	Shanghai (Chongming)	春裡, 春天
	Suzhou	春天, 春場裡
	Danyang	春天, 春天頭, 春季
	Hangzhou	春天
	Ningbo	春天價, 春天
	Wenzhou	春裡
	Jinhua	春天
Xiang	Changsha	春天
	Loudi	春上
	Quanzhou	春天
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	春天

Derived terms

劍橋春天／剑桥春天 (Jiànqiáo Chūntiān)
春天名苑 (Chūntiānmíngyuàn)
春天後母面，欲變一時間／春天后母面，欲变一时间 (chhun-thiⁿ āu-bú bīn, beh piàn chi̍t sî-kan) (Min Nan)