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In Chinese, the word "Dong" means "winter" while "Zhi" means "arrival" giving the literal meaning of the festival "the coming of winter". Dongzhi celebrates the winter solstice, usually around December 21 to 23, and is observed on the longest night of the year.
Hanyu Pinyin Bopomofo Tong-yong Wade– Giles MPS II Yale EFEO Lessing –Othmer Gwoyeu Romatzyh IPA Note Tone 1 Tone 2 Tone 3 Tone 4 a: ㄚ: a: a: a: a: a: a: a: ar: aa: ah: a: ai
The page on the right has mixed lines of Arabic—marked by a continuous black line on top—and their Chinese translation in Xiao'erjing script, that follow the Arabic original on the same line. Pages from a Book titled "Questions and Answers on the Faith in Islam", Published in Xining , which includes a Xiao'erjing–Hanji transliteration ...
This pinyin table is a complete listing of all Hanyu Pinyin syllables used in Standard Chinese.Each syllable in a cell is composed of an initial (columns) and a final (rows).
The English language name for the holiday is "Dragon Boat Festival", [3] used as the official English translation of the holiday by the People's Republic of China. [4] It is also referred to in some English sources as Double Fifth Festival which alludes to the day of the festival according to the Chinese calendar. [5]
Zhong Kui (played by San Kuai) appears in the 1977 Bruceploitation film The Dragon Lives Again. Zhong Kui appears in the 1985 Taiwanese series New Legends of Chu Liuxiang; Qiu Yun, the main character of Huang Shuqin's 1987 feminist film Woman, Demon, Human, is an opera singer famed for her portrayals of Zhong Kui.
When Dong Zhuo attempts to have him killed, Ah Xiang moves him to a safe place. After missing out several episodes, he finally awakens, thanks to Guan Yu and Lu Bu. Dong Zhuo puts him on the criminal wanted list to prevent him from returning to East Han Academy. Because of this, he is forced to live under Cao Cao's protection.
Dongfang Bubai inspired the character Master Asia in the anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam. Master Asia is also known as Tohō Fuhai, which is the Japanese reading of the Hanzi characters as Kanji . In the manga Rosario + Vampire , the character Dongfang Bubai is a yōkai and he leads a triad family.