"Hegira Calendar" Chinese-English Dictionary

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日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn
gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn
wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn
日历 日曆 rì lì calendar / CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]
民国 民國 mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
月历 月曆 yuè lì monthly calendar
挂历 掛曆 guà lì wall calendar
阴历 陰曆 yīn lì lunar calendar syn
纪元 紀元 jì yuán calendar era / epoch syn
历法 歷法 lì fǎ variant of 曆法|历法 calendar
闰年 閏年 rùn nián leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
年历 年曆 nián lì calendar / diary
灯节 燈節 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) syn
农历 農曆 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar syn
公历 公曆 gōng lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar syn
小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn
台历 檯曆 tái lì desk calendar
天干 tiān gān the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
纪年 紀年 jì nián to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle
阳历 陽曆 yáng lì solar calendar / Western (Gregorian) calendar syn
西元 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn
万年历 萬年曆 wàn nián lì perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁
行事历 行事曆 xíng shì lì calendar / schedule
初秋 chū qiū early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
地支 dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
仲秋 仲鞦 zhòng qiū second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar syn
闰月 閏月 rùn yuè intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month
旧历 舊曆 jiù lì old calendar / the Chinese lunar calendar / same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4] syn
旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn
西历 西曆 xī lì Gregorian calendar / Western calendar
夏历 夏曆 xià lì the traditional Chinese lunar calendar syn
腊八粥 臘八粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
新历 新曆 xīn lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar
jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn
féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn
rùn intercalary / an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
古尔邦节 古爾邦節 gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
校历 校曆 xiào lì school calendar
四分历 四分曆 sì fēn lì "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, in use from the Warring States period until the early years of the Han dynasty
wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
格列高利历 格列高利曆 gé liè gāo lì lì Gregorian calendar
to calculate / the calendar
光明节 光明節 guāng míng jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
十二地支 shí èr dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
十二支 shí èr zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
十天干 shí tiān gān the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
十干 shí gān same as 天干 / the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
哈努卡 hā nǔ kǎ Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 光明節|光明节 and 哈努卡節|哈努卡节
哈努卡节 哈努卡節 hā nǔ kǎ jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on the Gregorian calendar)
大明历 大明曆 dà míng lì the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
季冬 jì dōng final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar)
季夏 jì xià final month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar)
季春 jì chūn final month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar) syn
星历 星曆 xīng lì astronomic calendar
月份牌 yuè fèn pái calendar (esp. illustrated)
正月初一 zhēng yuè chū yī New Year's Day in the lunar calendar syn
空日 kòng rì day that is named but not numbered (on ethnic calendar)
旧皇历 舊皇曆 jiù huáng li old calendar / out-of-date customs
酸奶节 酸奶節 suān nǎi jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
雪顿 雪頓 xuě dùn Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
雪顿节 雪頓節 xuě dùn jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
日历年 日曆年 rì lì nián calendar year
日历日 rì lì rì calendar day
正朔 zhēng shuò first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
活动看板 活動看板 huó dòng kàn bǎn calendar of events
尼散月 ní sàn yuè Nisan, the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar
历数 曆數 lì shù (literary) movements of celestial bodies / destiny / calendar system syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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