元月

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	moon; month
simp. and trad. (元月)		元	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuányuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuányuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuányuè
    • Wade–Giles: Yüan²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Ywán-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuanyueh
    • Palladius: Юаньюэ (Juanʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: yùhn yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jyːt̚²/

Proper noun

元月

1. (literary) Synonym of 一月 (yīyuè, “January”)
2. (archaic) The first of the twelve months of the Chinese lunar year.

Synonyms

• 正月 (zhēngyuè), 端月 (duānyuè), 初月, 嘉月, 開歲／开岁, 新正 (xīnzhēng), 隅月, 孟月 (mèngyuè), 始春, 元春, 陬月 (Zōuyuè)

See also

• Month of the Year: 元月 (Yuányuè), 正月 (zhēngyuè)
  • Previous: 臘月／腊月 (Làyuè)
  • Next: 杏月 (Xìngyuè)