Festivals in Penang Hokkien

List of Festivals celebrated in Penang, with their names and pronunciation in Penang Hokkien. The word for festival in Penang Hokkien is cek3 節

, a homophone and homograph of cek3 (uncle) and cek3 (indigestion). I do not respell where there is little likelihood of ambiguity.

Reunion Gathering: Thuan3 Enee2 [t^huan-ĩ] CN: 團圓, on the final day of the last lunar month
Reunion Dinner: Ui3 Lor2 [sin-tsiã] CN: 圍爐, literally "encircling the hot pot", the evening dinner of the last lunar month
Chinese New Year: Sin3 Cnia1 [sin-tsiã] CN: 新正, literally, "the new positive", on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month
All People's Birthday: Lang2-eh3 Snaeh3 Jit1 [laŋ-e-sɛ̃-dzit] CN: 人的生日, on the 7th day of the 1st lunar month
Chor Soo Kong's Birthday: Chor1 Soo3 Kong3-eh3* Snaeh3 Jit1 [tsɔ-su-kɔŋ-e-sɛ̃-dzit] CN: 祖師公的生日, feast day of the Snake Temple deity, on the 7th day of the 1st lunar month
Jade Emperor's Birthday: Thni3 Kong3 Snaeh1 [sin-tsiã-sɛ̃] CN: 天公人, 9th day of the first lunar month
Birthday of the God of Prosperity: Tua33 Pek1 Kong1-eh3 Snaeh3 Jit1 [tua-pɛʔ-kɔŋ-e-sɛ̃-dzit] CN: 大伯公的生日, on the 9th day of the 1st lunar month
Feast Days of the Goddess of Mercy: Kuan3 Im3 Snaeh1 [kuan-im-sɛ̃] CN: 觀音生, on the 19th day of the 2nd, 6th and 9th lunar months
Fifteenth Night: Chap3 Goh33 Meh2* [tsap-gɔ-mɛ] CN: 十五暝, literally "the fifteenth night", on the 15th evening of the 1st lunar month
Tomb Sweeping Day: Cheng3 Beng2 [ts^heŋ-beŋ] CN: 清明, literally "pure and bright", on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, corresponding to around 4-5 April.
Wesak Day: Hood1-eh Snaeh3 Jit1 [hud-e-sɛ̃-dzit] CN: 佛的生日, on the 15th day of the 4th lunar month.
Hungry Ghost Festival: Teong3 Guan3 Cek3 [tiɔŋ-guan-tseʔ] CN: 中元節, on the entire 7th lunar month
Rites of the Dead: Phor1 Tor33 [p^hɔ-tɔ] CN: 普渡, during the Hungry Ghost Festival
Mid Autumn Festival: Teong3 Chiu3 Cek3 [tiɔŋ-ts^hiu-tseʔ] CN: 中秋節, on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Nine Emperor Gods Festival: Kew1 Ong3 Ya2 [kiu-ɔŋ-ja] CN: 九皇爺, on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month
Winter Solstice: Tang3 Cek3 [taŋ-tseʔ] CN: 冬節, on the 21st or 22nd day of December
Christmas: Ang3mor3 Tang3 Cek3 [aŋ-mɔ-taŋ-tseʔ] CN: 紅毛冬節, on the 25th day of December

* Names that are already in common usage are not respelled to follow the new spelling convention.

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