# 春夏秋冬
## Chinese

| | | spring (season) | summer | autumn | winter |
| trad. (春夏秋冬) | trad. (春夏秋冬) | 春 | 夏 | 秋 | 冬 |
| simp. $^#$(春夏秋冬) | simp. $^#$(春夏秋冬) | 春 | 夏 | 秋 | 冬 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chūnxiàqiūdōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄉㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon$^1$ haa$^6$ cau$^1$ dung$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhûn-ha-chhiû-tûng
    (Hailu, HRS): chun$^ˋ$ ha$^˖$ ciu$^ˋ$ dung$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cun$^1$ ha$^4$ qiu$^1$ dung$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng-hâ-chiŭ-dĕ̤ng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-hā-chhiu-tang / chhun-hē-chhiu-tang
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tshen-ya-chieu-ton
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chūnxiàqiūdōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄉㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chunsiàcioudong
*** Wade–Giles: chʻun$^1$-hsia$^4$-chʻiu$^1$-tung$^1$
*** Yale: chwūn-syà-chyōu-dūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenshiahchioudong
*** Palladius: чуньсяцюдун (čunʹsjacjudun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceon$^1$ haa$^6$ cau$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Yale: chēun hah chāu dūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen$^1$ haa$^6$ tsau$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cên$^1$ ha$^6$ ceo$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ haː²² t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-ha-chhiû-tûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: cun$^ˊ$ ha qiu$^ˊ$ dung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cun$^1$ ha$^4$ qiu$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ ha⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: chun$^ˋ$ ha$^˖$ ciu$^ˋ$ dung$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰun⁵³ ha³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³ tuŋ⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cun$^1$ ha$^4$ qiu$^1$ dung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ha⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴ tʊŋ⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng-hâ-chiŭ-dĕ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(h-)}$ŋa²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒieu⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$løyŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-hā-chhiu-tang
*** Tâi-lô: tshun-hā-tshiu-tang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhunhaxchiu'dafng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ ha⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu³³ taŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² ha²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-hē-chhiu-tang
*** Tâi-lô: tshun-hē-tshiu-tang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhunhexchiu'dafng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ he³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ he³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tshen-ya-chieu-ton
*** MiniDict: tshen$^平$ ya chieu ton
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tshen-hhia-qieu-ton
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ ɦia³³ t͡ɕʰiɤ³³ toŋ²¹/

### Idiom

春夏秋冬
* four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter; a year

#### Related terms

* 春天 (chūntiān, “spring (season)”)
* 夏天 (xiàtiān, “summer”)
* 秋天 (qiūtiān, “autumn”)
* 冬天 (dōngtiān, “winter”)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 春夏秋冬(しゅんかしゅうとう) (shunkashūtō)
* → Korean: 춘하추동(春夏秋冬) (chunhachudong)
* → Vietnamese: xuân hạ thu đông (春夏秋冬)

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “春夏秋冬”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 春 | 夏 | 秋 | 冬 |
| しゅん Grade: 2 | か Grade: 2 | しゅう Grade: 2 | とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||||

### Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), borrowed from Chinese 春夏秋冬 (chūnxiàqiūdōng).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゅんかしゅうとー [shúꜜǹkàshùùtòò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕɨ̃ŋka̠ɕɨːto̞ː]

### Noun

春(しゅん)夏(か)秋(しゅう)冬(とう) • (shunkashūtō)
* the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter
    Synonym: 四季 (shiki)
* (by extension) a whole year
    Synonym: 一年 (ichinen)

### See also

Seasons in Japanese · 四(し)季(き) (shiki, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category :
| 春(はる) (haru, “spring”) 春(しゅん)季(き) (shunki, “spring”) 春(しゅん)期(き) (shunki, “spring period”) | 夏(なつ) (natsu, “summer”) 夏(か)季(き) (kaki, “summer”) 夏(か)期(き) (kaki, “summer period”) | 秋(あき) (aki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)季(き) (shūki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)期(き) (shūki, “fall period”) | 冬(ふゆ) (fuyu, “winter”) 冬(とう)季(き) (tōki, “winter”) 冬(とう)期(き) (tōki, “winter period”) |

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 春 | 夏 | 秋 | 冬 |

### Noun

春夏秋冬 • (chunhachudong) (hangeul 춘하추동)
* hanja form of 춘하추동 (“the four seasons; all the year round; always”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 春 | 夏 | 秋 | 冬 |

### Noun

春夏秋冬
* chữ Hán form of xuân hạ thu đông (“the four seasons”).