xuân thu
Pronunciation
Northern
/swən˧˧ tʰu˧˧/
Central
/swəŋ˧˥ tʰu˧˥/
Southern
/swəŋ˧˧ tʰu˧˧/
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year
Noun
year
3 senses
2 Components
Meaning
3 senses
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Meaning
3 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
entire year
Spring and autumn; in literary use, the passing of time or years.
vi Xuân thu qua đi, cảnh vật cũng đổi thay.
en Spring and autumn passed, and the scenery also changed.
Sense 2
Noun
age
A metaphorical or literary way of referring to a person's age or the years they have lived.
vi Cụ đã trải qua tám mươi xuân thu.
en The elder has lived through eighty years.
Proper noun
Sense 3
Proper noun
Spring and Autumn — a classical or historical proper-name element
Spring and Autumn — a classical or historical proper-name element
Parts
xuân / thu / 春秋
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Parts
xuân / thu / 春秋
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
春秋
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
xuân / xuân phân / xuân đình / xuân xanh …
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Similar
xuân / xuân phân / xuân đình / xuân xanh …
Use
kinh xuân thu / nghĩa xuân thu / mùa xuân / xuân tiết …
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Use
kinh xuân thu / nghĩa xuân thu / mùa xuân / xuân tiết …