聖誕節

See also: 圣诞节

Chinese

	birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (聖誕節)	聖誕	節
simp. (圣诞节)	圣诞	节
alternative forms	聖𧩙節
Literally: “holy birth festival”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shèngdànjié

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³ zit³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sṳn-tan-chiet / Sṳn-than-chiet
Eastern Min (BUC): Séng-dáng-cáik
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Sèng-tàn-choeh / Sèng-tàn-cheh / Sèng-tàn-chiat

(Teochew, Peng'im): sian³ dang³ zoih⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁵sen-te-ciq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngdànjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngdànjié
  - Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tan⁴-chieh²
  - Yale: Shèng-dàn-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqdannjye
  - Palladius: Шэнданьцзе (Šɛndanʹcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ daan³ zit³
  - Yale: sing daan jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ jid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ t͡siːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳn-tan-chiet / Sṳn-than-chiet
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin dan jied` / siin tan jied`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ dan⁴ jiad⁵ / sin⁴ tan⁴ jiad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tan⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯et̚²/, /sɨn⁵⁵ tʰan⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯et̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Séng-dáng-cáik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻²¹ ^(t-)naŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒaiʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn-choeh
  - Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn-tsueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnzoeq
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Philippines): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sueʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn-cheh
  - Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn-tseh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnzeq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡seʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn-chiat
  - Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn-tsiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnciad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sian³ dang³ zoih⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàⁿ tàng tsoih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡soiʔ²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sen-te-ciq
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ²sen-te-jiq
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sən³³ te⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɪʔ²¹/

Proper noun

聖誕節

Christmas (Christian holiday)
聖誕節快樂！／圣诞节快乐！ ― Shèngdànjié kuàilè! ― Merry Christmas!

聖誕節快樂！／圣诞节快乐！ [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― sing³ daan³ zit³ faai³ lok⁶! [Jyutping] ― Merry Christmas!

聖誕節快樂！／圣诞节快乐！ [Hokkien] ― Sèng-tàn-cheh khoài-lo̍k! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Merry Christmas!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕節 (“Christmas”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕節, 聖誕
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕, 聖誕節, 耶誕, 耶誕節
Mandarin	Singapore	聖誕節
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕, 聖誕節, 老番冬 dated
Cantonese	Taishan	聖誕節
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖誕節
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖誕節
	Hong Kong	耶穌誕
Eastern Min	Matsu	聖誕節
Southern Min	Xiamen	聖誕, 聖誕節, 救主誕, 救主聖誕
	Quanzhou	聖誕
	Zhangzhou	聖誕, 救主誕
	Tainan	聖誕節
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛冬節
	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕, 聖誕節

Derived terms

聖誕節蛋糕／圣诞节蛋糕 (shèngdànjié dàngāo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	誕	節
せい Grade: 6	たん Grade: 6	せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
聖誕節 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 聖誕節／圣诞节 (Shèngdànjié).

Proper noun

聖(せい)誕(たん)節(せつ) • (Seitansetsu)

Synonym of クリスマス (Kurisumasu, “Christmas”) (Christian holiday)

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	誕	節

Noun

聖誕節 • (Seongtanjeol or McCune-Reischauer: Sŏngt'anjŏl or Yale: Sēngthancel) (hangeul 성탄절)

Hanja form^? of 성탄절 (“Christmas”).

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