WordTaiwan frequency #8,164
端午節
ㄉㄨㄢ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
“Dragon Boat Festival; traditional holiday on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, marked by dragon boat races, eating zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), and customs to ward off disease and evil spirits.”
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端
ㄉㄨㄢ
End or tip; beginning or origin; aspect or item; to hold level; to carry; upright; proper.
午
ㄨˇ
The seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches; noon or midday; the period from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the fifth solar month; the year of the Horse.
節
ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Joint or segment of a plant stem or animal bone; section or paragraph; moral integrity or principles; classifier for lessons or train cars; seasonal festival or solar term.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 下午ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇafternoon; the time from noon until evening; p.m.
- 節目ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄨˋTV or radio program; show; an item or segment in a performance; a scheduled activity or event.
- 上午ㄕㄤˋ ㄨˇmorning; the period from early morning until noon; in Taiwan, sometimes from midnight to noon
- 細節ㄒㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊdetails; small specific points or particulars; minor or trivial matters.
- 中午ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˇnoon; midday; the middle of the day, around 12 o'clock in the daytime.
- 春節ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊSpring Festival; Chinese New Year holiday period; traditionally the start of spring, now the lunar New Year.
- 午餐ㄨˇ ㄘㄢlunch; midday meal; the main meal eaten around noon.
- 情節ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊplot or storyline of a story; sequence of events; circumstances or details of a situation; (archaic) moral integrity or personal conduct
- 季節ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊseason; a period of the year marked by particular weather, activities, or conditions.
- 極端ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄨㄢextreme; the farthest end or limit; beyond normal; very; highly intense or severe
- 節奏ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄡˋrhythm; tempo; musical pulse; beat; cadence; a regular pattern of strong and weak or long and short beats; figuratively, a regular or orderly progression or pace of events
- 關節ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˊjoint (physiology); key point; critical phase; (Taiwan) secret bribery; (Taiwan) secret code; (Taiwan) scheme