佳節

See also: 佳节

Chinese

		excellent	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (佳節)		佳	節
simp. (佳节)		佳	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiājié

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-chiat / kee-chiat / ka-choeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiājié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiajié
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chieh²
    • Yale: jyā-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiajye
    • Palladius: цзяцзе (czjacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai¹ zit³
    • Yale: gāai jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: ka-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaciad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ t͡siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: kee-tsiat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-choeh
    • Tâi-lô: ka-tsueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kazoeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sueʔ³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kea tset

Rime
Character	佳	節
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	古膎切	子結切
Baxter	kea	tset
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛ/	/t͡set̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæ/	/t͡set̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kæi/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨj/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kɛ/	/t͡set̚/
Wang Li	/kai/	/t͡siet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kai/	/t͡siet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai1	zit3

Noun

佳節

1. festival; carnival; happy festival time

   中秋佳節／中秋佳节  ―  Zhōngqiū jiājié  ―  (the joyous) Mid-Autumn Festival

Synonyms

• 節日／节日 (jiérì)

Derived terms

• 新春佳節／新春佳节 (xīnchūnjiājié)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佳節):

• → Japanese: 佳(か)節(せつ) (kasetsu)
• → Korean: 가절(佳節) (gajeol)
• → Vietnamese: giai tiết (佳節)