春 chūn

1. chūn noun spring
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time , Concept: season 季节
   Notes: (Barnes 2007, p. 31; Guoyu '春' n 1; Unihan '春')
2. chūn noun spring
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 年 (Guoyu '春' n 2)
3. chūn noun vitality
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' n 3)
4. chūn noun romance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' n 4)
5. chūn noun spring colors; joyful colors
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' n 5)
6. chūn noun the east
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 东方 (Guoyu '春' n 6)
7. chūn noun a kind of alcoholic beverage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' n 7)
8. chūn adjective of springtime
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '春' adj)

Contained in

• 春化 vernalization
• 春意 beginning of spring; thoughts of love
• 春灌 spring irrigation
• 碧螺春 biluochun tea
• 春黄菊(春黃菊) yellow chrysanthemum; chamomile (Anthemis spp.)
• 春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏(春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏) sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter
• 青春 youth ; spring ; age
• 吃青春饭(吃青春飯) to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)
• 春联(春聯) Spring Festival couplets; New Year scrolls
• 买春(買春) to visit a prostitute; to buy wine or drinks
• 春雨 spring rain; gift from above
• 春凳 wooden bench
• 开春(開春) beginning of spring; the lunar New Year
• 着手成春(著手成春) set out and it becomes spring; to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation); to bring back the dead
• 春节联欢晚会(春節聯歡晚會) Spring Festival Gala; Spring Festival banquet
• 李富春 Li Fuchun
• 春祈秋报(春祈秋報) in spring to pray for a plentiful harvest in the fall
• 鄂伦春(鄂倫春) Oroqen; Orochon
• 春心 amorous feelings; stirrings of love
• 春风化雨(春風化雨) spring wind and rain; the long-term influence of a solid education
• 思春 to yearn for love
• 常春藤 ivy
• 春霖 spring rains
• 春景 spring scenery
• 打春 Start of Spring
• 卖春(賣春) to engage in prostitution
• 春秋代谢(春秋代謝) springs following summers
• 雨后春笋(雨後春筍) after rain, the spring bamboo; rapid new growth
• 青春不再 one's youth will never return; to make the most of one's opportunities
• 春分 Chunfen
• 阳春型(陽春型) entry-level (car, device etc)
• 一年之计在于春(一年之計在於春) the whole year must be planned for in the spring; early planning is the key to success
• 第二春 second spring

Also contained in

贾元春 、 建春门 、 贾惜春 、 富春江 、 春川 、 李春 、 永春 、 玉堂春 、 恒春 、 春秋三传 、 李长春 、 珲春市 、 春闱 、 春日部 、 春柳社 、 宜春 、 春秋内传 、 春柳剧场

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 126
• 卷十七　楚四 Chapter 17: Chu IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 80
• 卷一百七十二 志第一百二十五 職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 75
• 卷一百二十五 列傳第十三 徐達 常遇春 Volume 125 Biographies 13: Xu Da, Chang Yuchun History of Ming 明史 — count: 70
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 69
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 65
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 63
• 卷三百二十七 列傳第二百十五 外國八 韃靼 Volume 327 Biographies 215: Foreign States 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 57
• 莊公 Lord Zhang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 57
• 卷六十七　列傳第五:　石顯 桓赧弟:散達 烏春附:溫敦蒲刺 臘醅弟麻產 鈍恩 留可 阿疏 奚王回離保 Volume 67 Biographies 5: Shi Xian, Huan Nan and younger brother: Sanda, Wu Chun and relative: Wendun Puci, Lapei dimachan, Dun En, Liu Ke, A Shu, Xiwang Huilibao History of Jin 金史 — count: 51

Collocations

• 年春 (年春) 二年春 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 580
• 元年春 (元年春) 元年春 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 34
• 十年春 (十年春) 十年春 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 28
• 春王正月 (春王正月) 元年春王正月 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 11
• 春政 (春政) 夏行春政 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 10
• 春王 (春王) 二年春王二月 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 9
• 行春 (行春) 夏行春政 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 9
• 春曰 (春曰) 春曰苗 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 8
• 春献 (春獻) 春獻鮪也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧潛 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Qian — count: 8
• 中春 (中春) 中春 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 8