# 交春
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Kâu-chhûn
    (Hailu, HRS): gau$^ˋ$ chun$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gau$^1$ cun$^1$
* Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): gao$^1$ cong$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kau-tshen
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kâu-chhûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˊ$ cun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^1$ cun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˋ$ chun$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³ t͡ʃʰun⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gau$^1$ cun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gao$^1$ cong$^1$ [Phonetic: gao$^5$ long$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Gau-cheong
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$lɔŋ⁵³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kau-tshen
*** MiniDict: kau$^平$ tshen
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kau-tshen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰən²¹/

### Proper noun

交春
* (Hakka, Liuzhou Mandarin, Putian Puxian Min, Wu) The "Beginning of Spring", the first of the twenty-four solar terms, around February 3rd, 4th, or 5th, marking the first day of spring according to the Chinese calendar.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 立春 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 立春, 打春 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 立春 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 立春, 打春 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 立春, 打春 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打春, 立春 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 立春, 打春 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 打春 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 打春 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 立春 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 立春, 打春 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 打春, 立春 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 立春 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 打春, 立春 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 打春, 立春 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 立春, 打春 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 打春, 立春 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 立春 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 立春, 交春 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 立春 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 打春 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 打春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 立春 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 立春 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 立春 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 立春 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 立春 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 立春 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 立春, 打春 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 立春 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 立春 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 立春, 交春 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 立春, 交春 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 立春, 交春 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 立春, 交春 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 交春, 立春 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 立春, 交春 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 交春, 立春 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 立春, 交春 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 立春 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 分春 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 立春 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 立春 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 立春, 春 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 立春 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 立春 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 立春 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 立春 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 立春 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 立春 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 立春 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 立春 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 立春, 交春, 迎春, 春動 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 立春 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 立春 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 立春, 交春 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 交春 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 立春, 打春 |
| Wu | Danyang | 打春, 立春 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 立春 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 立春, 交春 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 立春 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 立春 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 立春 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 立春, 打春 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 立春 |

#### Coordinate terms

* 二十四節氣／二十四节气 (Èrshísì Jiéqì, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
** Spring: 立春 (Lìchūn)、雨水 (yǔshuǐ)、驚蟄／惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)、春分 (Chūnfēn)、清明 (qīngmíng)、穀雨／谷雨 (Gǔyǔ)
** Summer: 立夏 (Lìxià)、小滿／小满 (Xiǎomǎn)、芒種／芒种 (mángzhòng)、夏至 (xiàzhì)、小暑 (Xiǎoshǔ)、大暑 (Dàshǔ)
** Autumn: 立秋 (Lìqiū)、處暑／处暑 (Chǔshǔ)、白露 (báilù)、秋分 (Qiūfēn)、寒露 (Hánlù)、霜降 (Shuāngjiàng)
** Winter: 立冬 (Lìdōng)、小雪 (xiǎoxuě)、大雪 (dàxuě)、冬至 (dōngzhì)、小寒 (Xiǎohán)、大寒 (Dàhán)

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “交春”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 199.