English
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 鬼節 / 鬼节 (Guǐjié).
Proper noun
the Ghost Festival
- A traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.
- Synonyms: Chungyuan, Hungry Ghost Festival, Zhongyuan
Translations
Taoist festival
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 中元節 / 中元节 (zung1 jyun4 zit3), 鬼節 / 鬼节 (gwai2 zit3)
- Hokkien: 七月半 (chhit-goe̍h-poàⁿ)
- Mandarin: 中元節 / 中元节 (zh) (Zhōngyuánjié), 鬼節 / 鬼节 (zh) (Guǐjié), 盂蘭盆節 / 盂兰盆节 (zh) (Yúlánpénjié), 七月半 (zh) (Qīyuèbàn)
- Dutch: geestenfeest
- French: fête des fantômes f
- German: Geisterfest n
- Japanese: 中元 (ja) (chūgen)
- Korean: 백중날 (baekjungnal), 망혼일(亡魂日) (manghonil), 중원(中元) (ko) (jung'won)
- Malay: Perayaan Hantu
- Portuguese: festival dos fantasmas m
- Russian: фестиваль духов m (festivalʹ duxov)
- Spanish: festival de los fantasmas m
- Thai: วันสารทจีน
- Vietnamese: Tết Trung Nguyên (節中元)
- Zhuang: caet nyied cibseiq
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