賀正

See also: 贺正

Chinese

		congratulate	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
trad. (賀正)		賀	正
simp. (贺正)		贺	正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hèzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁶ zing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō-chiaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hèzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hèjheng
    • Wade–Giles: ho⁴-chêng¹
    • Yale: hè-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehjeng
    • Palladius: хэчжэн (xɛčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁶ zing³
    • Yale: hoh jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁶ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁶ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²² t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-chiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hō-tsiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoixcviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹⁻²² t͡siã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³⁻¹¹ t͡siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³⁻²¹ t͡siã⁴⁴/

Verb

賀正

1. to exchange compliments on Lunar New Year's Day

Synonyms

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• 拜年 (bàinián)
• 拜正 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 拜歲 / 拜岁 (Ningbonese)
• 賀年 / 贺年 (hènián)
• 賀歲 / 贺岁 (hèsuì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賀	正
が Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

賀(が)正(しょう) • (gashō) 

1. good wishes for the New Year