正月

Etymology
According to  and  , the character 正 here was originally pronounced zhèng (like ); according to Zhang Shoujie (張守節); its special pronunciation zhēng (like ) originated from the  on 's real name 嬴政 (Yíng Zhèng).

instead proposes that actually 正 here wrote, in context where the latter's coda *-k had been nasalized by the onset of. He reconstructs underlying *tek-ŋʷat, whence *teŋ-ŋʷat, whose appropriate readable form was 正月.

Noun

 * 1) the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar
 * 2)  first three days of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar
 * 3)  January
 * 1)  first three days of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar
 * 2)  January
 * 1)  January

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1) January
 * 2) first month of the lunar year
 * 3) New Year

Synonyms

 * : New Year's Day
 * : New Year's Day
 * : New Year's Day