月 (jyut6 | yue4) : moon; month

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月

jyut6

yue4

[1] [n] moon [2] [n] month [3] Kangxi radical 74

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 月 (#74)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

月

This word has been viewed 1326 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jul 2009 06:37

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二月 ji6 jyut6 er4 yue4 = February

三月 saam1 jyut6 san1 yue4 = March

四月 sei3 jyut6 si4 yue4 = April

五月 ng5 jyut6 wu3 yue4 = May

六月 luk6 jyut6 liu4 yue4 = June

七月 cat1 jyut6 qi1 yue4 = July

八月 baat3 jyut6 ba1 yue4 = August

九月 gau2 jyut6 jiu3 yue4 = September

十月 sap6 jyut6 shi2 yue4 = October

十一月 sap6 jat1 jyut6 shi2 yi1 yue4 = November
See all 146 compounds (CantoDict reports 147 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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佢揸車揸咗幾個月粵
I've been driving a few months.
[Lit. I drive-car drive-already few [counter] months.]

八月是一年中的第八個月份國
August is the eighth month of the year.

天文學上叫佢做月球粵
In astronomy, it's called "月球" (i.e. the moon).
[上 here means "in the field of".]

我諗呢個方案以三個月為期可以做完。粵
I believe this project can be completed within three months.

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

請小心月台空隙
Please mind the gap
[MTR announcement]

請小心列車與月台間之空隙
Please mind the gap between the train and the platform
[MTR announcement]

我撴親個八月十五粵
I fell on my bottom.

我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]

妳嘅八月十五好大。粵
Your butt is huge.

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Decimal representation of this word: 月
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