English Explanatory Dictionary

Jingzhe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The “Waking of Insects”; the Chinese third solar term — a “month” lasting from the fifth to the twentieth days of March.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.d͡ʒʌ/

Word forms

Jingzhe

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 惊蛰 (Jīngzhé), from 惊 (jīng, “rouse, startle, stir”) + 蛰 (zhé, “hibernate”), literally “rouse [insects] from [their] hibernation”.

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