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Zhongqiu en · PROPN

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 中秋節 /中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié, “Mid-Autumn Festival”).

Meanings

  1. (China, uncommon) Synonym of Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese harvest festival.
    • Although the Hui in the northwest do not celebrate the Han holidays of Zhongqiu, Qingming, or even Chun Jie (Spring Festival), the Hui in most of China's cities gladly participate. 2020, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese..., page 192:

Synonyms

Mid-Autumn Festival