中元

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (中元)		中	元

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-yüan²
  - Yale: jūng-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongyuan
  - Palladius: чжунъюань (čžunʺjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ jyun⁴
  - Yale: jūng yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zhong¹ yenn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ yẽ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sən³³ yẽ¹³/

中元

中(ちゅう)元(げん) • (chūgen) ^{←ちゆうげん (tyūgen)^?}

the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a Taoist date of importance now conflated in Japan with the Buddhist 盂蘭盆会(うらぼんえ) (urabon'e); see Ghost Festival#Japan
a present given around this time of the year in gratitude

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