孟夏

Chinese

		eldest brother	summer
trad. (孟夏)		孟	夏
simp. #(孟夏)		孟	夏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mèngxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mèngxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mèngsià
    • Wade–Giles: Mêng⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: Mèng-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Menqshiah
    • Palladius: Мэнся (Mɛnsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: maahng hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²² haː²²/

Proper noun

孟夏

1. (archaic) The "First Month of Summer", the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• 麥月／麦月, 清和 (Qīnghé), 初夏 (chūxià), 桐夏, 余月, 梅月 (Méiyuè), 純月／纯月

See also

• Month of the Year:
  • Previous: 桃月 (Táoyuè)
  • Next: 榴月 (Liúyuè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孟	夏
もう Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ːka̠]

Noun

孟(もう)夏(か) • (mōka) 

1. beginning of summer
2. fourth month of the traditional Japanese calendar

   Synonym: 卯月 (uzuki)

Coordinate terms: 孟春, 仲春, 季春, 孟夏, 仲夏, 季夏, 孟秋, 仲秋, 季秋, 孟冬, 仲冬, 季冬