# 元旦
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuándàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyun$^4$ daan$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngun$^3$ an$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ye$^1$ dan$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngṳîng-dui̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): nguòng-dáng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ngoeng$^2$ dang$^4$ / ngyeng$^2$ dang$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): goân-tàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang$^5$ dang$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$gnioe-te$_5$ / $^2$gnioe-tae$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuándàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuándàn
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^2$-tan$^4$
*** Yale: ywán-dàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuandann
*** Palladius: юаньдань (juanʹdanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn³⁵ tän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^4$ daan$^3$
*** Yale: yùhn daan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^4$ daan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^4$ dan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²¹ taːn³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngun$^3$ an$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡun²² an³³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ye$^1$ dan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ye¹¹ tæ̃⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳîng-dui̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋyiŋ³³ tuiŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nguòng-dáng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(t-)}$nɑŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ngoeng$^2$ dang$^4$ [Phonetic: ngoeng$^1$ dang$^4$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋœŋ¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ngyeng$^2$ dang$^4$ [Phonetic: ngyeng$^1$ dang$^4$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋyøŋ¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-tàn
*** Tâi-lô: guân-tàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goandaxn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² tan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² tan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tan¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ tan²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: nguang$^5$ dang$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng tàng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gnioe-te$_5$
*** MiniDict: nyoe$^去$ te$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyyoe-te$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲyø²² te⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^2$gnioe-tae$_5$
*** MiniDict: nyoe$^平$ tae$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /n̠ʲyɤə¹³ tɛ⁵³/

### Noun

元旦
* the first day of a year
* (specifically) New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar)

#### Usage notes

In modern usage, it refers specifically to January 1 in the Gregorian calendar. It is generally not used for the first day of the Chinese New Year, which is commonly known as 初一 (chūyī).

#### Synonyms

* (New Year's Day): 新年 (xīnnián), (Hokkien) 番仔正, 正月初一

#### Descendants

* → Bouyei: Yianfdanq
* → English: Yuan Tan
* → Zhuang: yenzdan

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 元 | 旦 |
| がん Grade: 2 | たん Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

gwantan > gantan.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) がんたん [gàńtáń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡã̠ntã̠ɴ]

### Noun

元(がん)旦(たん) • (gantan)
* the morning of first day of a new year
* the first day of a new year; New Year's Day

### See also

* 明(あ)けましておめでとう (akemashite omedetō)
* 大晦日(おおみそか) (ōmisoka)
* 元日(がんじつ) (ganjitsu)
* 正月(しょうがつ) (shōgatsu)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 元 | 旦 |

### Han character

元旦: Hán Nôm readings: Nguyên đán
* chữ Hán form of nguyên đán (“Lunar New Year or Vietnamese New Year”).

#### Derived terms

* 節元旦 (Tết Nguyên Đán)