春U+66259 STROKES
Entry·pron. chūn
ㄔㄨㄣ
“Spring, the season; youth; vitality; joy; love; lust; the east; a surname.”
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- 春節ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊSpring Festival; Chinese New Year holiday period; traditionally the start of spring, now the lunar New Year.
- 青春ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄣyouth; the period of being young; youthfulness; adolescence; prime of life.
- 春天ㄔㄨㄣ ㄊㄧㄢspring (season); the season of spring; a metaphor for the best, brightest, or most hopeful period of life.
- 恆春ㄏㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄣa town in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan; known for its tropical climate and tourism
- 春秋ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡspring and autumn; the four seasons; a person's age; the Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 BC); the Spring and Autumn Annals; annals used in book titles.
- 春季ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧˋspring; the season between winter and summer; the period from spring equinox to summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere; in China, the three months from Start of Summer to Start of Autumn
- 青春期ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧˊpuberty; adolescence; the transition period when reproductive functions begin and sexual maturation occurs.
- 新春ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄨㄣearly spring; the beginning of spring; the period around lunar New Year
- 春聯ㄔㄨㄣ ㄌㄧㄢˊSpring Festival couplet; a pair of auspicious phrases written on red paper and pasted on either side of a doorway during Chinese New Year.
- 春風ㄔㄨㄣ ㄈㄥgentle spring breeze; a metaphor for kindness or favor; the nurturing influence of education; a look of joy or satisfaction; sexual intimacy or romantic affairs
- 春訓ㄔㄨㄣ ㄒㄩㄣˋspring training; preseason practice sessions for baseball teams in Taiwan
- 春日ㄔㄨㄣ ㄖˋspringtime; spring day; spring sun
- 長春ㄓㄤˇ ㄔㄨㄣevergreen; eternal youth; Changchun (city in northeast China)
- 陽春ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣwarm spring; plain, basic, or unadorned; benevolent governance; tenth lunar month; classical melody
- 黃春明ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊHuang Chun-ming (1935–), renowned Taiwanese Hakka novelist and writer known for realist fiction depicting rural Taiwan life
- 迎春ㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄣto welcome spring; to greet the arrival of spring
- 雨後春筍ㄩˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄙㄨㄣˇspring bamboo shoots after rain; springing up rapidly in large numbers
- 胡春華ㄏㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄏㄨㄚˊHu Chunhua, Chinese politician; former vice premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
- 開春ㄎㄞ ㄔㄨㄣbeginning of spring; early spring, typically around the start of the lunar year or the solar term Lichun
- 回春ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄣreturn of spring; to cure a critically ill patient, restoring them to health
- 第二春ㄉㄧˋ ㄦˋ ㄔㄨㄣsecond spring; renewed romantic life after divorce or widowhood; second peak or revival in one's career after a period of decline
- 初春ㄔㄨ ㄔㄨㄣearly spring; the first month of spring, corresponding to the first lunar month
- 青春痘ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄉㄡˋacne; pimples common during adolescence
- 吳寶春ㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄣTaiwanese baker and entrepreneur; first Asian winner of the Bakery Masters competition in Paris; founder of a namesake bakery chain in Taiwan
- 春雨ㄔㄨㄣ ㄩˇspring rain; rain that falls in spring
- 春光ㄔㄨㄣ ㄍㄨㄤspring scenery; romantic or erotic scenes; one's body or figure; age, years of life
- 早春ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄣearly spring; the beginning of spring
- 春假ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄚˇspring break; a school holiday in spring, typically in late March or early April; dates may vary by school.
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