Meanings
- ChinauncommonSynonym 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 192Synonyms: Mid-Autumn Festival
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese harvest festival.
Origin
- Chinese中秋節 /中秋节“Mid-Autumn Festival”
- EnglishZhongqiu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 中秋節 /中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié, “Mid-Autumn Festival”).
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Zhongqiu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhongqiu
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