月尾 (jyut6 mei5*1 | ) : end of the month

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月尾

jyut6 mei5*1

end of the month; month-end; last few days of the month [Antonym]: 月頭 | [華]: 月底, 月末

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 133,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

月尾

This word has been viewed 4255 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 3rd Sep 2005 00:09 and last edited on 23rd May 2009 06:46

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月 jyut6 - moon; month
尾 mei5 - tail; rear; end; remnant

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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.

四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

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