春 (ceon1 | chun1 chun3) : spring

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春

ceon1

chun1 chun3

[1] spring; first of the four seasons [2] sensuality; lustful; lewd; pornographic [3] alive; vitality; living [4] joyful [5 youth [6] wine (especially in the Tang dynasty)

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

春

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This word has been viewed 15814 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 01:28

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春天 ceon1 tin1 chun1 tian1 = spring

春捲 ceon1 gyun2 chun1 juan3 = spring roll

春卷 ceon1 gyun2 chun1 juan3 = spring roll

石春 sek6 ceon1 = pebble 粵

揮春 fai1 ceon1 hui1 chun1 = Spring Festival couplets 粵

一年之計在於春 jat1 nin4 zi1 gai3 zoi6 jyu1 ceon1 yi1 nian2 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chun1 = planning for the year will be done in spring

春裝 ceon1 zong1 chun1 zhuang1 = clothing or apparel for the spring 粵

春心 ceon1 sam1 = sexual desire; (placename) Chun Sum

陽春麵 joeng4 ceon1 min6 yang2 chun1 mian4 = Yangchun noodles

春節 ceon1 zit3 chun1 jie2 = Spring Festival; Chinese New Year
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春節是動物的發情期國
Animals mate during spring.

你噏乜春? 粵
what the hell are you talking about?

今春絢麗的花卉凋謝殆盡國
This spring's flowers have nearly all withered away.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 春
Unicode code for this character: U+6625 (off-site link)

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