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Meaning of 月

Pinyin yuè

Radical

月

Strokes

Definition

moon / month

Usage

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月 [yuè] [名] (noun) 本义: 月亮 (Basic Meaning: Moon) 1. 月亮；月球。地球的卫星。 (The moon; Moon; Earth's satellite.) 2. 计时单位，公历一年分十二个月。 (A time unit; there are twelve months in a year according to the Gregorian calendar.) 3. 按月出现的，每月的。 (Occurring monthly; every month.) 4. 形状像月亮的，圆的。 (Moon-shaped; round.) 5. 妇女产后一个月以内的时间。 (The time period within one month after childbirth for women.) 详细释义 (Detailed Meanings): 1. 同本义 ([En.] moon) (Same as the basic meaning.) 2. 历名。农历依月相变化的一个周期为一月;月份 ([En.] month.) (Calendar name; a period of a month based on the lunar phase changes in the lunar calendar.) 3. 月光，月色 ([En.] moonlight) (Moonlight, moon's color.) 4. 指妇女的月经;月事 ([En.] menses) (Referring to women's menstruation.) 5. 指妇女怀胎的月份;又指分娩后的一个月以内的时间 ([En.] month of pregnant or confinement) (Referring to the months of pregnancy; also indicating the time within one month after giving birth for women.) 6. ([En.] 颜色或形状)像月亮一样的 ([En.] moon-like) (Referring to something that is moon-like in color or shape.) 7. 每月 ([En.] monthly) (Monthly.) 8. 古人以月为群阴之本，故用以形容女子及女子有关的事物 ([En.] beautiful) (In ancient times, the moon was seen as the source of yin energy, used to describe women and things related to them.) 例子 (Examples): 月满则亏，水满则盈 (An allusion suggesting that one should know when to stop in any endeavor, as excess can lead to the opposite outcome); 月上半阑残 (Indicating that the night is deep); 月老冰人 (Referring to the old man under the moon, a figure in folklore); 月日 (Moon and Sun); 月晕 (Halo around the moon); 月影 (The shadow of the moon); 月满 (Full moon); 月王 (An honorary title for the moon). Note: This character also has meanings related to meat, as noted in the sources mentioned.

吟风弄月 yín fēng nòng yuè

lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)

四月 Sì yuè

April / fourth month (of the lunar year)

月均 yuè jūn

monthly

姚淑月 yáo shū yuè

Yao Shuyue

嫦娥奔月 cháng é bēn yuè

The Goddess Chang's fly to the moon

娥眉月 é méi yuè

waxing moon / crescent moon

十月 Shí yuè

October / tenth month (of the lunar year)

半月 bàn yuè

half-moon / fortnight

月季 yuè jì

Chinese rose (Rosa sinensis)

岁月 suì yuè

years / time

峥嵘岁月 zhēng róng suì yuè

eventful years / extraordinary times / memorable years

月底 yuè dǐ

end of the month

月刊 yuè kān

monthly magazine

月初 yuè chū

start of month / early in the month

披星戴月 pī xīng dài yuè

to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours

八月 Bā yuè

August / eighth month (of the lunar year)

六月 Liù yuè

June / sixth month (of the lunar year)

斋月 Zhāi yuè

Ramadan (Islam)

新月 xīn yuè

new moon / crescent

日月 rì yuè

the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood

一个月 yí gè yuè

one month

每月 měi yuè

each month

本月 běn yuè

this month / the current month

月经 yuè jīng

menstruation / a woman's period

月球 yuè qiú

the moon

月末 yuè mò

end of month / late in the month

某月 mǒu yuè

Certain month

月光 yuè guāng

moonlight

正月 Zhēng yuè

first month of the lunar year

月氏 Yuè zhī

Tokhara / Tokharians, historic Indo-European people of central Asia / same as 吐火羅人|吐火罗人

日月潭 Rì yuè Tán

Sun Moon Lake (Dalian, Taiwan etc)

烘云托月 hōng yún tuō yuè

lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero

月份 yuè fèn

month

一月份 yī yuè fèn

January

众星捧月 zhòng xīng pěng yuè

lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb

月亮 yuè liang

the moon

九月 Jiǔ yuè

September / ninth month (of the lunar year)

二月 Èr yuè

February / second month (of the lunar year)

五月 Wǔ yuè

May / fifth month (of the lunar year)

月租费 yuè zū fèi

monthly fee / monthly rent

日积月累 rì jī yuè lěi

to accumulate over a long period of time

长年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè

year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years

腊月 Là yuè

twelfth lunar month

腊月初 là yuè chū

Early twelfth lunar month

仨月 sā yuè

Three months

七月 Qī yuè

July / seventh month (of the lunar year)

三月 Sān yuè

March / third month (of the lunar year)

登月舱 dēng yuè cāng

lunar module

月薪 yuè xīn

monthly income (in kind)

月蚀 yuè shí

variant of 月食[yue4 shi2]

蜜月 mì yuè

honeymoon

花容月貌 huā róng yuè mào

lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful

赏月 shǎng yuè

to admire the full moon

光风霁月 guāng fēng jì yuè

lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character

闰月 rùn yuè

intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month

月饼 yuè bǐng

mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)