七月半

Chinese

		July; The modern name of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar.	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (七月半)		七月	半
simp. #(七月半)		七月	半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qīyuèbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi² yue² ban⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ jyut⁶ bun³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhit-ge̍h-pòaⁿ / chhit-ge̍rh-pòaⁿ / chhit-goe̍h-pòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cig⁴ ghuêh⁸ buan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīyuèbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciyuèbàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-yüeh⁴-pan⁴
    • Yale: chī-ywè-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiyuehbann
    • Palladius: циюэбань (cijuebanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qi² yue² ban⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki ye ban
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹ ye²¹ pan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ jyut⁶ bun³
    • Yale: chāt yuht bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ jyt⁹ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ yud⁶ bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jyːt̚² puːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-ge̍h-pòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshit-ge̍h-puànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitgeqpvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ puã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ puã¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-ge̍rh-pòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshit-ge̍rh-puànn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² puã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-goe̍h-pòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshit-gue̍h-puànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitgoeqpvoax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ puã²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ puã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cig⁴ ghuêh⁸ buan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshik gue̍h puàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰik̚²⁻⁴ ɡueʔ⁴⁻² pũã²¹³/

Noun

七月半

1. (regional) Ghost Festival

Synonyms

• 中元節／中元节 (zhōngyuánjié)
• 地官誕／地官诞
• 盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (Yúlánpénhuì)
• 盂蘭盆節／盂兰盆节 (Yúlánpénjié)
• 普渡 (pǔdù)
• 鬼節／鬼节 (guǐjié)
• (Jin) 七月十五
• (Hokkien) 鬼仔節／鬼仔节, 徛旗, 普祀

Derived terms

• 七月半鴨毋知死／七月半鸭毋知死