# 七娘媽生
## Chinese

| | | Zhinü, the weaver girl | to be born; to give birth; lifeto be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
| trad. (七娘媽生) | trad. (七娘媽生) | 七娘媽 | 生 |
| simp. (七娘妈生) | simp. (七娘妈生) | 七娘妈 | 生 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-niû-má-siⁿ / Chhit-niû-má-seⁿ / Chhit-niô͘-má-seⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-niû-má-siⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tshit-niû-má-sinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chitniumafsvy
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²⁴⁻¹¹ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ niũ²⁴⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sĩ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²⁴⁻²² mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-niû-má-seⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tshit-niû-má-senn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chitniumafsvef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²³⁻³³ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-niô͘-má-seⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tshit-niôo-má-senn
*** IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niɔ̃²⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ niɔ̃¹³⁻²² mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɛ̃⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

七娘媽生
* (Southern Min) Qixi Festival, the Chinese Valentine's Day, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 七夕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 七夕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 七月七 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 七月七 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 七月兒七 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 祈巧節, 七月七 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 七月七 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 七月七 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 乞巧, 七月七 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 七月七 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 七夕, 乞巧節 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 七月七 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 七月七 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 七月初七, 七月七, 乞巧節 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 七月七 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 七月初七, 七月七 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 七月七 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 七月七, 七巧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 七巧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 七姐節 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 七姐誕, 七夕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 七月初七 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 七夕 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 七月七 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 七月七, 七娘生 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 七月七, 七娘生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 七月七, 七娘生 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 七月七, 七星娘生, 七娘生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 七月七, 七娘生 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 七月七, 七娘生 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 七月七 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 七月七 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 七月兒七 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 七月七 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 七月七, 七月七夕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 七夕 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 七夕 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 七娘媽生 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 七夕 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 七月初七暝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 拜七姐 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 七月七, 七巧日, 七巧節 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 七月七 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 七夕, 七月七 |
| Wu | Danyang | 七巧, 七夕 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 七巧 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 七月七 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 七月七 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 七月七 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 七巧節 |