chūntóu

春头

Word · NounTraditional春頭

early spring

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

early spring; beginning of spring

dialect

A dialectal term (marked as 方) that specifically refers to the time period at the very beginning of spring. Used in rural or colloquial contexts, often in relation to farming activities.

Zhèng正
dāng当
chūn春
tóu头
 ,
jiā家
jiā家
dōu都
zài在
máng忙
zhe着
nóng农
huó活
er儿
 。

It's early spring, and every household is busy with farm work.

Chūn春
tóu头
tiān天
qì气
hū忽
lěng冷
hū忽
rè热
 ,
děi得
zhù注
yì意
zēng增
jiǎn减
yī衣
fu服
 。

The weather is changeable in early spring, so you need to be careful about adding or removing layers.

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Jì记
de得
nà那
nián年
chūn春
tóu头
 ,
dì地
li里
de的
xiǎo小
mài麦
gāng刚
fǎn返
qīng青
 。

I remember that early spring, the wheat in the fields had just started to turn green.