Chinese Word Entry

春闈

Simplified Chinese form: 春闱

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄨㄟˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): chūn wéi
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon1 wai4
Definitions:
  1. metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)

  2. Crown Prince's chambers

  3. by extension, the Crown Prince


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Chinese characters used in this word

springtime, spring (season), spring, wanton
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄨㄣ (chūn), ㄔㄨㄣˇ (chǔn)
Cantonese: ceon1
Japanese: シュン (shun) / はる (haru)
Korean: 춘 (chun)
Vietnamese: xuân

gate, door, living quarters
Readings
Mandarin: ㄨㄟˊ (wéi)
Cantonese: wai4
Japanese: イ (i)、 キ (ki)
Korean: 위 (wi)
Vietnamese: vi
Variants
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