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Winter Season

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dōng

fuyu

동

冬 is the word/character used to describe the Winter season in Chinese and Japanese.

It also means winter in Korean Hanja, though a second character is usually added in Korean.

Tonia

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dōng nī yà

冬妮婭 is the name Tonia in Chinese (Mandarin).

The Four Seasons

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chūn xià qiū dōng

shunkashuutou

춘하추동

春夏秋冬 is one way to express “The Four Seasons “ or “All Year Round “.

The characters here represent Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall), and Winter.

You must endure a harsh winter to appreciate the warmth of springtime

You must know hardship to appreciate happiness

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bù jīng dōng hán bù zhī chūn nuǎn

You must endure a harsh winter to appreciate the warmth of springtime Scroll

This literally translates as: Without having experienced the cold of winter, one cannot appreciate the warmth of spring.

Figuratively, this means: One cannot truly appreciate happiness without having gone through hardship.

There are many contrasts in life. One simply cannot fully know what joy is without having experienced misery, difficulty, and pain. How could you explain “light” if you did not have “darkness” to compare it to?

Embrace hardship, as it makes the good times seem even better.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
冬 see styles	dōng dong1 tung fuyu ふゆ	More info & calligraphy: Winter Season winter (n,adv) winter; (female given name) Fuyu hima; hemanta; winter.
春夏秋冬 see styles	chūn xià qiū dōng chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1 ch`un hsia ch`iu tung chun hsia chiu tung shunkashuutou / shunkashuto しゅんかしゅうとう	More info & calligraphy: The Four Seasons the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter (n,adv) (yoji) spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons; (personal name) Hitotose
鼕冬 see styles	dōng dong1 tung	鼕 Custom Scroll (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat See: 冬
丁冬 see styles	dīng dōng ding1 dong1 ting tung teitou / teto ていとう	丁冬 Custom Scroll (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound (given name) Teitou
万冬 see styles	mafuyu まふゆ	万冬 Custom Scroll (female given name) Mafuyu
三冬 see styles	santou / santo さんとう	三冬 Custom Scroll three winter months; (female given name) Mifuyu
上冬 see styles	joutou / joto じょうとう	上冬 Custom Scroll (obsolete) (rare) (See 孟冬,神無月) tenth month of the lunar calendar
中冬 see styles	chuutou / chuto ちゅうとう	中冬 Custom Scroll (obsolete) eleventh month of the lunar calendar
乙冬 see styles	oto おと	乙冬 Custom Scroll (female given name) Oto
于冬 see styles	utou / uto うとう	于冬 Custom Scroll (personal name) Utou
今冬 see styles	kontou / konto こんとう	今冬 Custom Scroll (n,adv) this winter; next winter; last winter
仲冬 see styles	chuutou / chuto ちゅうとう	仲冬 Custom Scroll (obsolete) eleventh month of the lunar calendar
佳冬 see styles	jiā dōng jia1 dong1 chia tung	佳冬 Custom Scroll Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣\|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
俊冬 see styles	toshifuyu としふゆ	俊冬 Custom Scroll (given name) Toshifuyu
光冬 see styles	mifuyu みふゆ	光冬 Custom Scroll (female given name) Mifuyu
六冬 see styles	mutou / muto むとう	六冬 Custom Scroll (given name) Mutou
冬一 see styles	fuyuichi ふゆいち	冬一 Custom Scroll (given name) Fuyuichi
冬三 see styles	fuyuzou / fuyuzo ふゆぞう	冬三 Custom Scroll (given name) Fuyuzou
冬乃 see styles	fuyuno ふゆの	冬乃 Custom Scroll (female given name) Fuyuno
冬也 see styles	touya / toya とうや	冬也 Custom Scroll (personal name) Touya
冬二 see styles	fuyuji ふゆじ	冬二 Custom Scroll (given name) Fuyuji
冬井 see styles	fuyui ふゆい	冬井 Custom Scroll (surname) Fuyui
冬人 see styles	fuyuto ふゆと	冬人 Custom Scroll (given name) Fuyuto
冬介 see styles	tousuke / tosuke とうすけ	冬介 Custom Scroll (personal name) Tousuke
冬令 see styles	dōng lìng dong1 ling4 tung ling	冬令 Custom Scroll winter; winter climate
冬似 see styles	buyuni ぶゆに	冬似 Custom Scroll (place-name) Buyuni
冬作 see styles	fuyusaku ふゆさく	冬作 Custom Scroll winter crop
冬佳 see styles	fuyuka ふゆか	冬佳 Custom Scroll (female given name) Fuyuka
冬優 see styles	fuyu ふゆ	冬優 Custom Scroll (female given name) Fuyu
冬児 see styles	fuyuji ふゆじ	冬児 Custom Scroll (given name) Fuyuji

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Winter Season	冬	fuyu	dōng / dong1 / dong	tung
Tonia	冬妮婭冬妮娅		dōng nī yà dong1 ni1 ya4 dong ni ya dongniya	tung ni ya tungniya
The Four Seasons	春夏秋冬	shunkashuutou shunkashuto	chūn xià qiū dōng chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1 chun xia qiu dong chunxiaqiudong	ch`un hsia ch`iu tung chunhsiachiutung chun hsia chiu tung
You must endure a harsh winter to appreciate the warmth of springtime	不經冬寒不知春暖不经冬寒不知春暖		bù jīng dōng hán bù zhī chūn nuǎn bu4 jing1 dong1 han2 bu4 zhi1 chun1 nuan3 bu jing dong han bu zhi chun nuan	pu ching tung han pu chih ch`un nuan pu ching tung han pu chih chun nuan
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.