聖誕夜

Chinese

		birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	night
trad. (聖誕夜)		聖誕	夜
simp. (圣诞夜)		圣诞	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèngdànyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³ je⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sèng-tàn-iā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngdànyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngdànyè
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tan⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: Shèng-dàn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqdannyeh
    • Palladius: Шэнданье (Šɛndanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ daan³ je⁶
    • Yale: sing daan yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ jɛː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn-iā
    • Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarn'ia
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ ia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ ia³³/

Proper noun

聖誕夜

1. Christmas Eve (the night before Christmas Day)

Synonyms

• 平安夜 (píng'ānyè)
• 耶誕夜／耶诞夜 (Yēdànyè)