春暉

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	bright; radiant
trad. (春暉)		春	暉
simp. (春晖)		春	晖

Etymology

“maternal love, loving mother”

See 三春暉.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnhuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ fai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹ hui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunhuei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-hui¹
    • Yale: chwūn-hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenhuei
    • Palladius: чуньхуэй (čunʹxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ fai¹
    • Yale: chēun fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-hui
    • Tâi-lô: tshun-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhunhuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ hui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cung¹ hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshung hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³⁻²³ hui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhwin xjw+j

Rime
Character	春	暉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昌脣切	許歸切
Baxter	tsyhwin	xjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/	/hʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin/	/hʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen/	/xiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin/	/huj/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/	/xiuəi/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/	/xĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/	/xwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn	huī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon1	fai1

Noun

春暉

1. (literary) spring sunshine
2. (literary, figuratively) maternal love
3. (literary, figuratively) loving mother