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

• 春夏秋冬 the four seasons
• 打春 Start of Spring
• 春化 vernalization
• 倒春寒 cold snap during the spring
• 春灌 spring irrigation
• 立春 Lichun
• 踏春 to go for a hike in spring
• 春黄菊(春黃菊) yellow chrysanthemum; chamomile (Anthemis spp.)
• 鄂伦春(鄂倫春) Oroqen; Orochon
• 迎春花 winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
• 阳春白雪(陽春白雪) melodies of the elite in the state of Chu; highbrow art and literature
• 春风得意(春風得意) flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch
• 青春 youth ; spring ; age
• 春大麦(春大麥) spring barley
• 春季 sprint
• 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)
• 春秋代谢(春秋代謝) springs following summers
• 春灯谜(春燈謎) Spring lantern riddles
• 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
• 思春期 age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex; puberty
• 青春豆 acne
• 春林 the forest in spring
• 春节联欢晚会(春節聯歡晚會) Spring Festival Gala; Spring Festival banquet
• 春卷(春捲) egg roll; spring roll
• 春茶 tea leaves gathered at springtime or the tea made from these leaves
• 春游(春遊) spring outing; spring excursion
• 长春花(長春花) Madagascar periwinkle; rose periwinkle; rosy periwinkle
• 开春(開春) beginning of spring; the lunar New Year
• 满园春色(滿園春色) everything in the garden is lovely
• 春景 spring scenery
• 春运(春運) the high traffic around Chinese New Year
• 春梦(春夢) spring dream; short-lived illusion; erotic dream
• 叫春 to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat

Also contained in

春闱 、 春柳剧场 、 阳春市 、 晏子春秋 、 绿春县 、 公羊春秋 、 春江花月夜 、 恒春 、 春秋战国时代 、 春秋内传 、 春秋时代 、 李长春 、 贾惜春 、 汉晋春秋 、 吕氏春秋 、 伤春 、 建春门 、 春柳

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