臘月

See also: 腊月

Chinese

		winter solstice sacrifice dried meat	month
trad. (臘月)		臘	月
simp. (腊月)		腊	月

Etymology

Refers to the ancient sacrificial ritual that occurred after the winter solstice called 臘祭／腊祭.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Làyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лайүә (layüə, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ jyut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h-ge̍h / la̍h-goe̍h / la̍h-ge̍rh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Làyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Làyuè
    • Wade–Giles: La⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Là-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lahyueh
    • Palladius: Лаюэ (Lajue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лайүә (layüə, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la²⁴ yə⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laap⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: laahp yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² jyːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laqgeh
    • IPA (Taipei): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laqgoeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /la(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡueʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /la(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡəʔ²⁴/

Proper noun

臘月

1. twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Synonyms

• (modern) 十二月 (shí'èryuè)
• (archaic) 冰月 (Bīngyuè), 嚴月／严月, 除月, 殘霜天／残霜天, 星回, 嘉平, 季冬 (Jìdōng), 嘉平, 窮節／穷节
• (Min Nan) 十二月冬

See also

• Month of the Year: 臘月／腊月 (Làyuè)
  • Previous: 冬月 (Dōngyuè)
  • Next: 正月 (zhēngyuè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臘	月
ろう Hyōgaiji	げつ Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ろ​ーげつ [róꜜògètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

臘(ろう)月(げつ) • (rōgetsu) 

1. (archaic) the twelfth month of the lunar calendar

   Synonym: 師走 (shiwasu)