聖誕

See also: 圣诞

Chinese

 
holy; sacred; saint; sage
 
birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
trad. (聖誕)
simp. (圣诞)

Pronunciation


Noun

聖誕

  1. birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.

Usage notes

Often refers to Confucius's birthday.

Hyponyms

  • 孔誕孔诞
  • 佛誕佛诞 (Fódàn)
  • 菩薩誕菩萨诞

Proper noun

聖誕

  1. Christmas

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕節 (“Christmas”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聖誕節
Mandarin Beijing 聖誕, 聖誕節
Taiwan 聖誕, 聖誕節, 耶誕, 耶誕節
Cantonese Guangzhou 聖誕, 聖誕節, 老番冬 dated
Hong Kong 聖誕, 聖誕節, 老番冬 dated
Taishan 聖誕, 聖誕節
Min Nan Xiamen 聖誕, 聖誕節, 救主誕, 救主聖誕
Quanzhou 聖誕, 聖誕節
Zhangzhou 聖誕, 聖誕節, 救主誕
Taipei 聖誕, 聖誕節, 耶誕, 耶誕節, 救主誕
Penang 紅毛冬節
Philippines (Manila) 聖誕, 聖誕節
Chaozhou 聖誕節

Derived terms

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