中秋

Chinese

Etymology 1

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
trad. (中秋)		中	秋
simp. ^#(中秋)		中	秋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhōngqiū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄑㄧㄡ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zong¹ qiu¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹ cau¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ tiu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zung¹ qiu
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-chhiû
Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆ng-chiŭ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiong-chhiu / teng-chhiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ ciu¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tson-chieu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhong¹ ciou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngqiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄑㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongciou
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-chʻiu¹
  - Yale: jūng-chyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchiou
  - Palladius: чжунцю (čžuncju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zong¹ qiu¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zungkiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiəu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ cau¹
  - Yale: jūng chāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tsau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ceo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zuung¹ tiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ tʰiu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zung¹ qiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁴² t͡ɕʰiu²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-chhiû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ qiu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ qiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯u²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-chiŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongchiw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰiu³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: ting-tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengchiw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰiu³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dong¹ ciu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong tshiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiu³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹tson-chieu
  - MiniDict: tson^平 chieu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-qieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiɤ²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zhong¹ ciou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ t͡sʰi̯əu̯³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sən³³ t͡ɕʰi̯əu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: trjuwng tshjuw

Rime
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	陟弓切	七由切
Baxter	trjuwng	tshjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/t͡sʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/t͡sʰuw/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/t͡sʰiu/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung¹	cau¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ tsʰiw/

(Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ sʰɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	qiū
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwng ›	‹ tshjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*truŋ/	/*tsʰiw/
English	center	autumn; crop
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	中	秋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	17407	10537
Phonetic component	中	秋
Rime group	終	幽
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	中	秋
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ/	/*sʰɯw/

Noun

中秋

mid-autumn, especially the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar
(～節) Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋佳節／中秋佳节 ― Zhōngqiū jiājié ― (the joyous) Mid-Autumn Festival

中秋快樂！／中秋快乐！ ― Zhōngqiū kuàilè! ― Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Synonyms

(lunar month): 桂月 (Guìyuè), 瑩月／莹月, 虹月, 吟秋, 鴉月／鸦月, 壯月／壮月, 仲秋, 八月 (bāyuè)
(Mid-Autumn Festival):

Dialectal synonyms of 中秋節 (“Mid-Autumn Festival”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		中秋, 中秋節
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		中秋節
Mandarin	Beijing	八月節, 中秋
	Taiwan	中秋, 中秋節, 八月節
	Ulanhot	八月節
	Tongliao	八月節
	Chifeng	八月節
	Bayanhot	八月十五
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	八月節
	Harbin	八月節
	Shenyang	八月節
	Yantai (Muping)	八月兒十五, 八月兒節
	Qingdao	八月十五
	Jinan	八月十五, 八月節, 中秋
	Luoyang	中秋節, 八月十五
	Wanrong	八月十五
	Zhengzhou	八月十五
	Xi'an	八月節, 八月十五
	Yinchuan	中秋節
	Lanzhou	八月十五, 中秋節
	Xining	八月十五, 中秋節
	Ürümqi	八月十五
	Wuhan	中秋, 八月十五, 八月節氣
	Huanggang	八月中秋
	Chengdu	中秋, 中秋節, 八月十五
	Guiyang	中秋節, 八月十五
	Kunming	中秋, 八月十五
	Guilin	八月十五
	Liuzhou	八月十五, 八月節, 中秋
	Xuzhou	八月十五
	Yangzhou	八月節, 中秋節
	Nanjing	八月節, 中秋節, 中秋, 團圓節
	Hefei	八月節
	Nantong	中秋節, 八月半
	Singapore	中秋節
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中秋節, 八月十五, 月餅節
	Hong Kong	中秋節, 八月十五, 中秋
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	八月十五
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	中秋節, 八月十五
	Macau	八月十五
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	八月十五
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	八月十五
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	中秋
	Foshan	八月十五
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	八月十五
	Foshan (Shunde)	中秋節
	Foshan (Sanshui)	八月十五
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中秋節
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	八月十五
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	八月十五
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	八月十五
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	八月十五
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	八月十五
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	八月十五
	Taishan	中秋, 八月十五
	Kaiping (Chikan)	八月十五
	Enping (Niujiang)	八月十五
	Heshan (Yayao)	中秋節
	Dongguan	八月十五
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	八月十五
	Shaoguan	八月十五
	Yunfu	八月十五
	Yangjiang	中秋, 八月十五
	Xinyi	八月十五
	Lianjiang	中秋節
	Nanning	八月十五
	Wuzhou	八月十五
	Yulin	八月十五
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	八月十五
	Danzhou	八月十五
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	中秋節
	Singapore (Guangfu)	爛燈節
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	八月十五
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	中秋節
Gan	Nanchang	中秋, 中秋節
	Lichuan	中秋
	Pingxiang	中秋
Hakka	Meixian	八月半, 中秋節, 山歌節
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	八月十五
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	八月半
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	八月半
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	八月十五
	Conghua (Lütian)	八月十五
	Changting	八月節
	Wuping	八月節
	Ninghua	中秋節
	Yudu	中秋節
	Ruijin	八月節
	Shicheng	八月節
	Shangyou (Shexi)	中秋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	八月半, 中秋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	八月半, 中秋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	八月半, 中秋, 中秋節
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	八月半, 中秋, 中秋節
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	八月半, 中秋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	八月半, 中秋
	Hong Kong	八月十五, 八月半
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	八月十五
	Sabah (Longchuan)	八月半
	Senai (Huiyang)	八月半
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	八月半
Huizhou	Jixi	中秋, 八月半
	Shexian	中秋
	Tunxi	中秋節
	Xiuning	中秋
	Yixian	中秋
	Qimen	中秋節
	Wuyuan	中秋, 中秋節
	Fuliang	中秋節
	Dexing	中秋
Jin	Taiyuan	八月十五
	Xinzhou	八月兒十五
	Taibus (Baochang)	八月十五
	Linhe	八月十五
	Jining	八月十五
	Hohhot	八月十五
	Baotou	八月十五
	Dongsheng	八月十五
	Haibowan	八月十五
Northern Min	Jian'ou	中秋, 八月中秋, 八月十五
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	八月十五
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	中秋
	Pucheng (Shibei)	中秋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	八月中秋, 中秋, 八月十五, 八月節
	Changle	中秋節
	Fuqing	中秋, 八月十五
	Yongtai	中秋節
	Gutian	做中秋
	Fu'an	中秋
	Ningde	八月中秋
	Shouning	中秋節
	Zhouning	做中秋
	Fuding	中秋
	Matsu	八月中秋, 八月十五, 中秋節
	Singapore (Fuqing)	中秋節
Southern Min	Xiamen	中秋, 八月十五, 八月節, 八月半
	Quanzhou	中秋, 八月半
	Zhangzhou	中秋, 八月節, 八月半
	Tainan	中秋節, 八月節
	Penang (Hokkien)	八月十五
	Manila (Hokkien)	中秋, 中秋節, 八月十五
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	中秋節
	Chaozhou	八月中秋
	Shantou	八月中秋
	Shantou (Chenghai)	八月中秋
	Haifeng	八月半
	Bangkok (Teochew)	八月中秋
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	中秋
	Leizhou	八月十五
	Wenchang	中秋
	Haikou	八月節, 八月十五
Puxian Min	Putian	做秋
Puxian Min	Xianyou	栽秋
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	八月十五
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	中秋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	八月節, 八月十五
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	八月十五
Wu	Shanghai	八月半, 中秋節, 中秋, 團圓節
	Shanghai (Chongming)	八月半
	Suzhou	八月半, 中秋, 中秋節
	Wuxi	八月半
	Danyang	八月半
	Hangzhou	八月半
	Ningbo	八月十六
	Wenzhou	八月十五
	Jinhua	八月半, 中秋, 八月中秋
Xiang	Changsha	中秋, 中秋節, 八月十五, 八月節
	Loudi	中秋節
	Shuangfeng	中秋, 八月十五
	Quanzhou	八月十五, 中秋節

Derived terms

中秋帖
中秋節／中秋节 (zhōngqiūjié)
中秋餅／中秋饼 (zhōngqiūbǐng)
八月中秋 (bāyuè zhōngqiū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中秋):

→ Korean: 중추(中秋) (jungchu)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 中秋 – see 中鞦 (“swing”). (This term is the simplified form of 中鞦).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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