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

• 春字头(春字頭) name of spring part of character
• 春鸟(春鳥) birds in the spring
• 野火春风(野火春風) even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass; it grows again when the breeze blows
• 春天 spring
• 青春豆 acne
• 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
• 虎尾春冰 like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice; extremely dangerous situation
• 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生(野火燒不盡，春風吹又生) even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows
• 孟春 the first month of spring
• 踏青赏春(踏青賞春) to enjoy a beautiful spring walk
• 青春不再 one's youth will never return; to make the most of one's opportunities
• 春宵 a spring night
• 春卷(春捲) egg roll; spring roll
• 十指不沾阳春水(十指不沾陽春水) to have no need to fend for oneself; to lead a pampered life
• 春化 vernalization
• 思春 to yearn for love
• 咏春拳(詠春拳) Yongchun; Singing Spring Fist (Chinese martial art)
• 春秋 Spring and Autumn Period ; a person's age ; Chunqiu; Annals of Spring and Autumn ; spring and autumn
• 暮春 the last month of spring
• 立春 Lichun
• 春江浩荡暂徘徊(春江浩蕩暫徘徊) in spring we loiter by the rolling river's side
• 蟪蛄不知春秋 short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; to see only a small piece of the big picture
• 春秋代谢(春秋代謝) springs following summers
• 青春期 puberty; adolescence
• 长春花(長春花) Madagascar periwinkle; rose periwinkle; rosy periwinkle
• 阳春面(陽春麵) plain noodles in broth
• 春季 sprint
• 打春 Start of Spring
• 李富春 Li Fuchun
• 青春 youth ; spring ; age
• 春景 spring scenery
• 新春 the beginning of Spring ; Spring Festival
• 春风得意(春風得意) flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch
• 满园春色(滿園春色) everything in the garden is lovely
• 常春藤 ivy
• 迎春花 winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
• 春晚 Spring Festival Gala Gala; Spring Festival banquet
• 春宫(春宮) Crown Prince's chambers
• 常春藤学府(常春藤學府) Ivy League school
• 春酒 spring wine ; a New Year's banquet

Also contained in

蕲春县 、 左氏春秋 、 春秋谷梁传 、 阳春 、 永春 、 伤春 、 张春桥 、 吕氏春秋 、 春江花月夜 、 建春门 、 春秋五霸

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
• 莊公 Lord Zhang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 57
• 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
• 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
• 行春 (行春) 夏行春政 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 9
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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