五月 (ng5 jyut6 | wu3 yue4) : May

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五月

ng5 jyut6

wu3 yue4

[1] May; [2] Fifth month of the Lunar Calendar

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 3,600,000

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

五月

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

五 ng5 - five
月 jyut6 - moon; month

2 compounds containing this word:

五月節 - Dragon Boat Festival
五月天 - May days, Mayday

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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. It really goes with the saying "Until one has eaten Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, do not keep one's warm clothings".
[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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