思春

Chinese

		to think; to consider	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
simp. and trad. (思春)		思	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ ceon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihchun
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-chʻun¹
    • Yale: sz̄-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sychuen
    • Palladius: сычунь (syčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ ceon¹
    • Yale: sī chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: su-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suzhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ t͡sʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

Verb

思春

1. (usually of a young girl) to have thoughts of love

   Synonym: 懷春 / 怀春 (huáichūn)

Derived terms

• 思春期 (sīchūnqī)
• 思春症

Related terms

• 春心 (chūnxīn)
• 春情 (chūnqíng)