Etymology

Qixi

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Today it means: A Chinese festival celebrating the mythological annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang, held on the seventh day of the seventh Chinese lunisolar month. Full definition →

Chinese 七夕
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The story

  1. Chinese · borrowed from七夕“Night of the Sevens”
  2. English todayQixi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 七夕 (Qīxī, “Night of the Sevens”).

Words from the same roots

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Night of Sevens

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