子 | [zǐ, ㄗˇ, 子] son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat #469 [Add to Longdo] |
冬至 | [Dōng zhì, ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓˋ, 冬 至] Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January #8,412 [Add to Longdo] |
辰 | [chén, ㄔㄣˊ, 辰] 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon #9,274 [Add to Longdo] |
午 | [wǔ, ㄨˇ, 午] 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse #10,004 [Add to Longdo] |
雨水 | [Yǔ shuǐ, ㄩˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ, 雨 水] Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March #10,106 [Add to Longdo] |
中秋 | [zhōng qiū, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡ, 中 秋] the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on 15th of 8th lunar month #12,551 [Add to Longdo] |
巳 | [sì, ㄙˋ, 巳] 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake #14,963 [Add to Longdo] |
国语 | [guó yǔ, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ, 国 语 / 國 語] Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC #16,307 [Add to Longdo] |
清明 | [Qīng míng, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ, 清 明] Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-19th April; the Qingming festival (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping), 4th-6th April #16,595 [Add to Longdo] |
诸侯 | [zhū hóu, ㄓㄨ ㄏㄡˊ, 诸 侯 / 諸 侯] feudal vassal; feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC; subordinate warlord #17,204 [Add to Longdo] |
中秋节 | [zhōng qiū jié, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 中 秋 节 / 中 秋 節] the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month #19,544 [Add to Longdo] |
端午节 | [duān wǔ jié, ㄉㄨㄢ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 端 午 节 / 端 午 節] The Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) #23,977 [Add to Longdo] |
元宵节 | [Yuán xiāo jié, ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 元 宵 节 / 元 宵 節] Lantern festival, the final event of the Spring festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar #23,980 [Add to Longdo] |
端午 | [duān wǔ, ㄉㄨㄢ ㄨˇ, 端 午] the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month) #34,102 [Add to Longdo] |
南朝 | [nán cháo, ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄠˊ, 南 朝] southern dynasty; the six southern dynasties (317-589), namely Wu 吳|吴, Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋, Song 宋|宋, Qi 齊|齐, Liang 梁, Chen 陳|陈; common term for Southern Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties of 5th and 6th century #36,632 [Add to Longdo] |
寅 | [yín, ㄧㄣˊ, 寅] 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger #37,694 [Add to Longdo] |
白露 | [Bái lù, ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ, 白 露] Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September #49,246 [Add to Longdo] |
立夏 | [Lì xià, ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 立 夏] Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May #50,381 [Add to Longdo] |
地漏 | [dì lòu, ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄡˋ, 地 漏] drain; underground drainpipe; floor gutter; 25th of 2nd lunar month #56,662 [Add to Longdo] |
小满 | [Xiǎo mǎn, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇ, 小 满 / 小 滿] Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st May-5th June #56,740 [Add to Longdo] |
泼水节 | [Pō shuǐ jié, ㄆㄛ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 泼 水 节 / 潑 水 節] Songkran or Water-splashing festival at Thai New Year (13th-15th April) #61,363 [Add to Longdo] |
灯节 | [dēng jié, ㄉㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 灯 节 / 燈 節] the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) #63,907 [Add to Longdo] |
中元 | [zhōng yuán, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ, 中 元] Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon #64,807 [Add to Longdo] |
银婚 | [yín hūn, ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄣ, 银 婚 / 銀 婚] silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary) #76,725 [Add to Longdo] |
五月节 | [wǔ yuè jié, ㄨˇ ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 五 月 节 / 五 月 節] Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) #199,518 [Add to Longdo] |
朢 | [wàng, ㄨㄤˋ, 朢] 15th day of month (lunar calendar) #333,125 [Add to Longdo] |
花朝月夕 | [huā zhāo yuè xī, ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄠ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧ, 花 朝 月 夕] a beautiful day; cf. Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August #466,134 [Add to Longdo] |
下西洋 | [xià xī yáng, ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ, 下 西 洋] to sail West (from China); refers to Zhenghe's 15th century expeditions to the Western Pacific [Add to Longdo] |
中元普渡 | [zhōng yuán pǔ dù, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ ㄆㄨˇ ㄉㄨˋ, 中 元 普 渡] Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon [Add to Longdo] |
八·一五 | [bā yī wǔ, ㄅㄚ ㄧ ㄨˇ, 八 · 一 五] cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 [Add to Longdo] |
八一五 | [bā yī wǔ, ㄅㄚ ㄧ ㄨˇ, 八 一 五] cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 [Add to Longdo] |
十五大 | [shí wǔ dà, ㄕˊ ㄨˇ ㄉㄚˋ, 十 五 大] 1 5th Party Congress (of Chinese Communist Party) [Add to Longdo] |
大明历 | [Dà míng lì, ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ, 大 明 历 / 大 明 曆] the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖冲之 [Add to Longdo] |
天使报喜节 | [Tiān shǐ bào xǐ jié, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 天 使 报 喜 节 / 天 使 報 喜 節] Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March); Lady day [Add to Longdo] |
尾张国 | [Wěi zhāng guó, ㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 尾 张 国 / 尾 張 國] Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya [Add to Longdo] |
战国时代 | [zhàn guó shí dài, ㄓㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄕˊ ㄉㄞˋ, 战 国 时 代 / 戰 國 時 代] the Warring States period (475-221 BC); Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th centuries) [Add to Longdo] |
月夕 | [yuè xī, ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧ, 月 夕] Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August [Add to Longdo] |
牧神节 | [mù shén jié, ㄇㄨˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 牧 神 节 / 牧 神 節] Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February [Add to Longdo] |
真腊 | [Zhēn là, ㄓㄣ ㄌㄚˋ, 真 腊 / 真 臘] Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia; Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century [Add to Longdo] |
终战 | [zhōng zhàn, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄢˋ, 终 战 / 終 戰] end of war; armistice; cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 [Add to Longdo] |
终战日 | [zhōng zhàn rì, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄢˋ ㄖˋ, 终 战 日 / 終 戰 日] armistice day; cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 [Add to Longdo] |
圣母升天节 | [Shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié, ㄕㄥˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄕㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 圣 母 升 天 节 / 聖 母 升 天 節] Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August) [Add to Longdo] |
花朝节 | [huā zhāo jié, ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄠ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 花 朝 节 / 花 朝 節] Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February [Add to Longdo] |
萨噶达娃节 | [Sà gá dá wá jié, ㄙㄚˋ ㄍㄚˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 萨 噶 达 娃 节 / 薩 噶 達 娃 節] Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday [Add to Longdo] |
解放日 | [jiě fàng rì, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄖˋ, 解 放 日] Liberation Day; cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea [Add to Longdo] |
重五 | [chóng wǔ, ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄨˇ, 重 五] Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month) [Add to Longdo] |
重午 | [chóng wǔ, ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄨˇ, 重 午] Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month) [Add to Longdo] |
鷴 | [xián, ㄒㄧㄢˊ, 鷴] silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade [Add to Longdo] |
ソ | [so] (n) soh; so; 5th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale #6,158 [Add to Longdo] |
望 | [ぼう;もち, bou ; mochi] (n) (1) full moon; (2) 15th day of the lunar month #6,210 [Add to Longdo] |
望月 | [もちづき(P);ぼうげつ, mochiduki (P); bougetsu] (n) (1) full moon; 15th day of the lunar calendar; (2) (もちづき only) full moon of the eighth lunar month; (P) #7,039 [Add to Longdo] |
ホ | [ho] (n) 5th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 5th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.) #7,901 [Add to Longdo] |
戊 | [つちのえ;ぼ, tsuchinoe ; bo] (n) 5th in rank; fifth sign of the Chinese calendar #18,152 [Add to Longdo] |
こどもの日;子供の日 | [こどものひ, kodomonohi] (n) Children's Day (national holiday; May 5th) [Add to Longdo] |
どんど;とんど | [dondo ; tondo] (n) burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the new year) [Add to Longdo] |
どんど焼き;どんど焼 | [どんどやき, dondoyaki] (n) (See どんど) burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the new year) [Add to Longdo] |
安居 | [あんご, ango] (n, vs) { Buddh } varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar) [Add to Longdo] |
下無 | [しもむ, shimomu] (n) (See 姑洗, 十二律) (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) [Add to Longdo] |
旧訳 | [きゅうやく;くやく, kyuuyaku ; kuyaku] (n) (1) old translation; (2) { Buddh } (usu. くやく) pre-Xuanzang Chinese translation (esp. 5th-mid 7th century) [Add to Longdo] |
古訳 | [こやく, koyaku] (n) { Buddh } pre-Kumarajiva Chinese translation (i.e. before the 5th century) [Add to Longdo] |
姑洗 | [こせん, kosen] (n) (1) (See 下無, 十二律) (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp); (2) third lunar month [Add to Longdo] |
五胡 | [ごこ, goko] (n) Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China between the 3rd & 5th centuries [Add to Longdo] |
五七 | [ごしち, goshichi] (n) (1) five and seven; (2) (abbr) (See 五七日) 35th day after a person's death [Add to Longdo] |
五七日 | [ごしちにち, goshichinichi] (n) 35th day after a person's death [Add to Longdo] |
五節 | [ごせつ, gosetsu] (n) the five festivals (Jan 7th, March 3rd, May 5th, July 7th and Sep 9th) [Add to Longdo] |
五節句 | [ごせっく, gosekku] (n) the five festivals (Jan 7th, March 3rd, May 5th, July 7th and Sep 9th) [Add to Longdo] |
好位 | [こうい, koui] (n) (abbr) (See 好位置) favourable position (esp. in horse racing, e.g. in 3rd to 5th place during a race) [Add to Longdo] |
獅子宮 | [ししきゅう, shishikyuu] (n) Leo (5th zodiacal sign); the Lion [Add to Longdo] |
式年 | [しきねん, shikinen] (n) (See 式年祭) year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th & 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter) [Add to Longdo] |
十五夜 | [じゅうごや, juugoya] (n) night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month [Add to Longdo] |
十夜 | [じゅうや, juuya] (n) { Buddh } (See 十夜粥・じゅうやがゆ) ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar) [Add to Longdo] |
鷹化して鳩となる | [たかかしてはととなる;たかけしてはととなる, takakashitehatotonaru ; takakeshitehatotonaru] (exp) (See 七十二候) one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th) [Add to Longdo] |
達磨忌 | [だるまき, darumaki] (n) ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5th) [Add to Longdo] |
端午;端五 | [たんご, tango] (n) (See 五節句, 端午の節句・たんごのせっく) Boy's Day celebration (May 5th) (one of the five annual festivals) [Add to Longdo] |
端午の節句 | [たんごのせっく, tangonosekku] (n) (See 端午) Boy's Day celebration (May 5th) [Add to Longdo] |
中元 | [ちゅうげん, chuugen] (n) (1) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; (2) (See お中元) Bon gifts; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
中秋;仲秋 | [ちゅうしゅう;ちゅうじゅう;なかあき(仲秋), chuushuu ; chuujuu ; nakaaki ( chuushuu )] (n) (1) (usu. 中秋) 15th day of the 8th lunar month; (2) (なかあき only) (obs) (See 葉月) eighth month of the lunar calendar [Add to Longdo] |
仲春;中春 | [ちゅうしゅん, chuushun] (n) (1) (obs) (See 如月) second month of the lunar calendar; (2) (中春 only) (obsc) 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar (around mid-spring) [Add to Longdo] |
天一天上 | [てんいちてんじょう, ten'ichitenjou] (n) (See 天一神, 癸巳, 戊申) days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle) [Add to Longdo] |
土竜打ち;もぐら打ち | [もぐらうち, mogurauchi] (n) driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th) [Add to Longdo] |
南北朝時代 | [なんぼくちょうじだい, nanbokuchoujidai] (n) period of the northern and southern dynasties (in China, 5th-6th c. CE in Japan, 1336-92) [Add to Longdo] |
念五日 | [ねんごにち, nengonichi] (n) (1) 25th of the month; (2) 25 days [Add to Longdo] |
仏涅槃 | [ぶつねはん, butsunehan] (n) (1) { Buddh } the death of Shakyamuni Buddha; (2) (abbr) { Buddh } (See 仏涅槃忌) Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) [Add to Longdo] |
仏涅槃忌 | [ぶつねはんき, butsunehanki] (n) { Buddh } (See 涅槃会) Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) [Add to Longdo] |
片月見 | [かたつきみ, katatsukimi] (n) moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights [Add to Longdo] |
戊午 | [つちのえうま;ぼご, tsuchinoeuma ; bogo] (n) (See 干支) 55th of the sexagenary cycle [Add to Longdo] |
戊申 | [つちのえさる;ぼしん, tsuchinoesaru ; boshin] (n) (See 干支) 45th of the sexagenary cycle [Add to Longdo] |
戊寅 | [つちのえとら;ぼいん, tsuchinoetora ; boin] (n) (See 干支) 15th of the sexagenary cycle [Add to Longdo] |
戊戌 | [ぼじゅつ, bojutsu] (n) 35th of the sexagenary cycle [Add to Longdo] |
涅槃会 | [ねはんえ, nehan'e] (n) Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) [Add to Longdo] |
涅槃西風 | [ねはんにし;ねはんにしかぜ, nehannishi ; nehannishikaze] (n) { Buddh } wind blowing on the day of the Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (15th day of the 2nd month) [Add to Longdo] |