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春秋
春秋
Chinese
spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
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autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
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simp. and trad. (春秋) |
春 | 秋 |
Noun
春秋
- (literally) spring and autumn
- (metonymically) the four seasons
- a year's time
- time as a general concept
- a person's age
- an annal; a chronicle of events by year
Proper noun
春秋
- the Spring and Autumn Annals, the chronicle of the Chinese state of Lu
- the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC)
Synonyms
See also
- 夏商周 (Xià-Shāng-Zhōu)
- 戰國/战国 (Zhànguó)
- 秦漢/秦汉 (Qín-Hàn)
- 兩漢/两汉 (Liǎng-Hàn)
- 三國/三国 (Sānguó)
- 兩晉/两晋 (Liǎng-Jìn)
- 十六國/十六国 (Shíliù-Guó)
- 南北朝 (Nánběicháo)
- 隋唐 (Suí-Táng)
- 五代十國/五代十国 (Wǔdài Shíguó)
- 兩宋/两宋 (Liǎng-Sòng)
- 宋元 (Sòng-Yuán)
- 遼金/辽金 (Liáo-Jīn)
- 西夏 (Xīxià)
- 明清 (Míng-Qīng)
- 晚清 (Wǎn-Qīng)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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春 | 秋 |
しゅん Grade: 2 |
しゅう > じゅう Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 春秋 (tsyhwin tshjuw, literally “spring and autumn”). The kan'on, so probably a shift in reading after initial borrowing.
Pronunciation
- On'yomi: Kan'on
- (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): [ɕɯ̃ᵝnd͡ʑɯᵝː]
Noun
春秋 (hiragana しゅんじゅう, romaji shunjū)
- spring and autumn
- (metonymically) a year; (by extension) one's age
Proper noun
春秋 (hiragana しゅんじゅう, romaji Shunjū)
- the Spring and Autumn Annals, the chronicles of the ancient State of Lu
Etymology 2
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
Noun
春秋 (hiragana はるあき, romaji haruaki)
- spring and autumn
- (metonymically) a year; (by extension) one's age
- 1212, 鴨 長明 (Kamo no Chōmei), 方丈記 (Hōjōki, “The Ten Foot Square Hut”)
- 四十あまりの春秋をおくれる間に
- よんじゅう あまり の はるあき を おくれる あいだ 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
- 1212, 鴨 長明 (Kamo no Chōmei), 方丈記 (Hōjōki, “The Ten Foot Square Hut”)