初一十五

Chinese

		first day of a lunar month; first year in junior middle school; seventh grade	fifteen; 15
simp. and trad. (初一十五)		初一	十五

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūyī shíwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ jat¹ sap⁶ ng⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû-yit sṳ̍p-ńg
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhoe-it cha̍p-gō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu¹ ig⁴ zab⁸ ngou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūyī shíwǔ [Phonetic: chūyì shíwǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuyi shíhwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-i¹ shih²-wu³
    • Yale: chū-yī shŕ-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chui shyrwuu
    • Palladius: чуи шиу (čui šiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ jat¹ sap⁶ ng⁵
    • Yale: chō yāt sahp ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ jat⁷ sap⁹ ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ yed¹ seb⁶ ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɐp̚² ŋ̍¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-yit sṳ̍p-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ id^ˋ siib ng^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ yid⁵ sib⁶ ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴ it̚² sɨp̚⁵ ŋ̍³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-yit sṳ̍p-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ (r)id^ˋ siib ng^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ yid⁵ sib⁶ ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴ (j)it̚² sɨp̚⁵ ŋ̍³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoe-it cha̍p-gō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshue-it tsa̍p-gōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoe'id zabgo
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² it̚³² t͡sap̚⁴³⁻²¹ ɡɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu¹ ig⁴ zab⁸ ngou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiu ik tsa̍p ngŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu³³⁻²³ ik̚²⁻⁴ t͡sap̚⁴⁻² ŋou³⁵/

Noun

初一十五

1. the first and fifteenth days of a month in the Chinese calendar (days of sacrifice offering and prayers for blessings)