Mid-Autumn Festival

noun

A harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people, held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar (between early September and early October).

Similar
Moon FestivalZhongqiuZhongqiu FestivalChinese Mid-Autumn FestivalChinese Moon FestivalChinese ThanksgivingChinese Harvest FestivalTsukimi
OriginChinese 中秋節 /中秋节 →
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Meanings

nounMid-Autumn Festival (plural Mid-Autumn Festivals)

plural Mid-Autumn Festivals

  1. A harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people, held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar (between early September and early October).

    Synonyms: Moon Festival

  2. collectiveThe East Asian festivals originating, inspired, or co-opted from the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people, held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar (between early September and early October).

Similar
Moon Festival

Chinese festival

Similar
ZhongqiuZhongqiu FestivalChinese Mid-Autumn FestivalChinese Moon FestivalChinese ThanksgivingChinese Harvest Festival

Japanese festival

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TsukimiTsukimi FestivalOtsukimiOtsukimi FestivalJapanese Mid-Autumn FestivalJapanese Moon FestivalJapanese ThanksgivingJapanese Harvest Festival

Korean festival

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ChuseokChuseok FestivalHangawiHangawi FestivalKorean Mid-Autumn FestivalKorean ThanksgivingKorean Harvest Festival

Vietnamese festival

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Tet Trung ThuVietnamese Mid-Autumn FestivalVietnamese Moon FestivalVietnamese ThanksgivingVietnamese Harvest Festival
Also see
zhongqiu

Origin

  1. Chinese中秋節 /中秋节
  2. EnglishMid-Autumn Festival

A calque of Chinese 中秋節 /中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 中秋節 /中秋节, 八月十五
  • 中秋節 /中秋节 (zung¹ cau¹ zit³)harvest festival
  • 八月十五 (baat³ jyut⁶ sap⁶ ng⁵)harvest festival
Chinese Mandarin 中秋節 /中秋节, 八月節 /八月节
  • 中秋節 /中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié)harvest festival
  • 八月節 /八月节 (Bāyuèjié)harvest festival
Dutch Maanfeest, Midherfstfestival
  • Maanfeestharvest festival
  • Midherfstfestivalharvest festival
Finnish keskisyksyn juhla
  • keskisyksyn juhlaharvest festival
French fête de la mi-autone, fête de la lune
  • fête de la mi-autoneharvest festival
  • fête de la luneharvest festival
German Mondfest, Mittherbstfest
  • Mondfestharvest festival
  • Mittherbstfestharvest festival
Japanese 中秋節
  • 中秋節 (chūshūsetsu)harvest festival
Korean 중추절, 한가위
  • 중추절 (jungchujeol)harvest festival
  • 한가위 (han'gawi)harvest festival
  • 추석 (chuseok)harvest festival
Malay Perayaan Kuih Bulan
  • Perayaan Kuih Bulanharvest festival
Polish Święto Środka Jesieni
  • Święto Środka Jesieniharvest festival
Russian пра́здник середи́ны о́сени
  • пра́здник середи́ны о́сени (prázdnik seredíny óseni)harvest festival
Spanish fiesta del Medio Otoño
  • fiesta del Medio Otoñoharvest festival
Vietnamese Tết Trung Thu
  • Tết Trung Thuharvest festival
Cite this entry
APA

Mid-Autumn Festival. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mid-Autumn%20Festival

MLA

“Mid-Autumn Festival.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mid-Autumn%20Festival. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mid-Autumn Festival,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mid-Autumn%20Festival.

Source: Mid-Autumn Festival on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.