月缺

Chinese

		moon; month	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
trad. (月缺)		月	缺
simp. #(月缺)		月	缺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèquē

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèquē
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuècyue
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-chʻüeh¹
    • Yale: ywè-chywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehchiue
    • Palladius: юэцюэ (juecjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ kyut³
    • Yale: yuht kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kʰyːt̚³/

Noun

月缺

1. new moon

Synonyms

• 新月 (xīnyuè)
• 朔月 (shuòyuè)
• 朔 (shuò)
• (literary) 兔缺 (tùquē)