大月

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	moon; month
simp. and trad. (大月)		大	月
anagram		月大

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyut⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): duâi-nguŏk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-goe̍h / tōa-ge̍h
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-yuq; ⁶du-gniq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyuè
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: dà-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyueh
    • Palladius: даюэ (dajue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: daaih yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyːt̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-nguŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxgoeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxgeh
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶du-yuq; ⁶du-gniq
    • MiniDict: du^去 yuih; du^去 nyih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-hhyq; ³du-nyiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² ɦyɪʔ⁴⁴/, /du²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

大月

1. “big or long month”, particularly
   1. (Chinese calendar) 30-day month, traditionally determined by observation
   2. (Gregorian calendar) 31-day month: January, March, May, July, August, October, December

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大月 (“long month”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大月, 大建 †, 大盡 †
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	大盡 †
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大盡 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	月大, 大盡
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大盡 †
	Wanrong	大盡 †
	Xi'an	大節 †
	Xining	大盡 †
	Xuzhou	大盡 †
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大月
	Lanzhou	大經 †
	Ürümqi	大月, 大建 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	月大
	Wuhan	月大 †
	Guiyang	月大
	Liuzhou	月大
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	月大 †
	Yangzhou	月大
Cantonese	Dongguan	月大
Gan	Nanchang	月大 †
	Lichuan	大月
	Pingxiang	月大
Hakka	Meixian	月大 †
	Yudu	月大
Huizhou	Jixi	月大 †
Jin	Taiyuan	大盡 †
	Xinzhou	大盡 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	大月 †
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大月, 月大 †
Southern Min	Jieyang	月大
	Leizhou	大股 †
	Haikou	股大 †
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	月大 †
Wu	Shanghai	月大, 大月
	Shanghai (Chongming)	大月 †
	Suzhou	月大 †, 大月 †
	Danyang	月大
	Hangzhou	月大
	Ningbo	月大 †
	Wenzhou	大月 †
	Jinhua	大月 †
Xiang	Changsha	月大 †
	Loudi	月大 †
Note	† - Chinese calendar

Antonyms

• 小月 (xiǎoyuè)

Etymology 2

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	moon; month
simp. and trad. (大月)		大	月
anagram		月大

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大月(おおつき) (Ōtsuki).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Dà-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahyueh
    • Palladius: Даюэ (Dajue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: daaih yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyːt̚²/

Proper noun

大月

1. (～市) Ōtsuki (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	月
おお Grade: 1	つき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおつき [òótsúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːt͡sɨkʲi]

Proper noun

大(おお)月(つき) • (Ōtsuki) 

1. Ōtsuki (places in Japan):
   1. A city in Yamanashi Prefecture.
   2. A region of Sakuragawa, Ibaraki Prefecture.
   3. A region of Mizuho, Gifu Prefecture.
   4. A region of Ōno, Fukui Prefecture.
   5. A region of Eiheiji, Yoshida district, Fukui Prefecture.
   6. A region of Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture.
   7. A region of Inunohaka, Ichiba, Awa, Tokushima Prefecture.
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	月
おお Grade: 1	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːzɨkʲi]

Proper noun

大(おお)月(づき) • (Ōzuki) 

1. Ōzuki (regions in Niigata Prefecture, Japan):
   1. A region of Kita, Niigata.
   2. A region of Minamiuonuma.
   3. A region of Murakami.