Phrase guide

Mid-Autumn Festival

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people, held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar (between early September and early October).

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noun

Meaning 2

The East Asian festivals originating, inspired, or co-opted from the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Usage: collective

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History

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 中秋節 /中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 中秋節 /中秋节 (zung1 cau1 zit3) — harvest festival
  • Chinese Cantonese: 八月十五 (baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5) — harvest festival
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中秋節 /中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié) — harvest festival
  • Chinese Mandarin: 八月節 /八月节 (Bāyuèjié) — harvest festival
  • Dutch: Maanfeest — harvest festival
  • Dutch: Midherfstfestival — harvest festival
  • Finnish: keskisyksyn juhla — harvest festival
  • French: fête de la mi-autone — harvest festival
  • French: fête de la lune — harvest festival
  • Galician: festa do medio outono — harvest festival
  • German: Mondfest — harvest festival
  • German: Mittherbstfest — harvest festival
  • Japanese: 中秋節 (chūshūsetsu) — harvest festival
  • Korean: 중추절 (jungchujeol) — harvest festival
  • Korean: 한가위 (han'gawi) — harvest festival
  • Korean: 추석 (chuseok) — harvest festival
  • Macedonian: Средесеница (Sredesenica) — harvest festival
  • Malay: Perayaan Kuih Bulan — harvest festival
  • Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ (biyangga inenggi) — harvest festival
  • Manchu: ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ ᠪᡳᠶᠠᡳ ᡨ᠋ᠣᡶ᠋ᠣᡥᠣᠨ (jakūn biyai tofohon) — harvest festival
  • Russian: пра́здник середи́ны о́сени (prázdnik seredíny óseni) — harvest festival
  • Spanish: fiesta del Medio Otoño — harvest festival
  • Uyghur: تاۋۇز چاغىنى (tawuz chaghini) — harvest festival
  • Vietnamese: Tết Trung Thu — harvest festival
  • Zhuang: bet nyied cibngux — harvest festival