月夜

Chinese

		moon; month	night
simp. and trad. (月夜)		月	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ je⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyeh
    • Palladius: юэе (jueje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ je⁶
    • Yale: yuht yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² jɛː²²/

Noun

月夜

1. moonlit night; moonlit evening

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 月光暝

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (月夜):

• → Japanese: 月(げつ)夜(や) (getsuya)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
月	夜
つき Grade: 1	よ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From 月 (tsuki, “moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”).

Alternatively, a shift from Old Japanese 月夜 (tukuyo₁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つきよ [tsùkíꜜyò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨkʲijo̞]

Noun

月(つき)夜(よ) • (tsukiyo) 

1. a moonlit night or evening, especially during autumn
2. (by extension, archaic) the moon
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Derived terms

Derived terms

• 月(つき)夜(よ)影(かげ) (tsukiyokage)
• 月(つき)夜(よ)烏(がらす) (tsukiyogarasu)
• 月(つき)夜(よ)ざし (tsukiyozashi)
• 月(ツキ)夜(ヨ)茸(タケ) (tsukiyotake)
• 有(あり)明(あけ)月(つき)夜(よ) (ariake tsukiyo)
• 薄(うす)月(づき)夜(よ) (usuzukiyo)
• 朧(おぼろ)月(づき)夜(よ) (oborozukiyo)
• 星(ほし)月(づき)夜(よ) (hoshizukiyo)
• 夕(ゆう)月(づき)夜(よ) (yūzukiyo)
• 雪(ゆき)月(づき)夜(よ) (yukizukiyo)
• 宵(よい)月(づき)夜(よ) (yoizukiyo)

Idioms

• 月(つき)夜(よ)に釜(かま)を抜(ぬ)かれる (tsukiyo ni kama o nukareru)

Proverbs

• 月(つき)夜(よ)に提(ちょう)灯(ちん)も外(がい)聞(ぶん) (tsukiyo ni chōchin mo gaibun)
• 月(つき)夜(よ)の蟹(かに) (tsukiyo no kani)
• いつも月(つき)夜(よ)に米(こめ)の飯(めし) (itsumo tsukiyo ni kome no meshi)
• 親(おや)と月(つき)夜(よ)はいつもよい (oya to tsukiyo wa itsumo yoi)

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, 月 (tsuku, “moon”, the bound form of 月(つき) (tsuki)) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨkɯ̟jo̞]

Noun

月夜(つくよ) • (tsukuyo) 

1. the moon
2. a moonlit night

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
月	夜
げつ Grade: 1	や Grade: 2
kan'on	on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 月夜 (MC ngjwot yaeH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げつや [géꜜtsùyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞t͡sɨja̠]

Noun

月(げつ)夜(や) • (getsuya) 

1. a moonlight night, moonlight evening

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 月 (tuku, apophonic and compounding form of tuki₂, “moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo₁, “night”).

Noun

月夜 (tukuyo₁) (kana つくよ)

1. a moonlight night, moonlight evening
2. (by extension) the moon

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 曉月夜 (akato₂ki₁-dukuyo₁) → 暁月夜 (akatsuki-zukuyo)
• 朝月夜 (asadukuyo₁)
• 卯の花月夜 (uno₂pana-dukuyo₁)
• 木の下月夜 (konoshita-zukuyo)
• 星月夜 (hoshizukuyo)
• 夕月夜 (yupudukuyo₁) → 夕月夜 (yūzukuyo)

Descendants

• Japanese: 月夜 (tsukiyo)

See also

• 久方の (pi₁sakata no₂), pillow word that can allude to tukuyo₁