望月

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	moon; month
trad. (望月)		望	月
simp. #(望月)		望	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngyuè
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: wàng-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqyueh
    • Palladius: ванъюэ (vanʺjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: mohng yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² jyːt̚²/

Noun

望月

1. full moon

Synonyms

• 滿月／满月 (mǎnyuè)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
望	月
ぼう Grade: 4	げつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 望月 (mjang ngjwot, literally “to view from a distance + moon”), possibly from the way the moon is most easily observed when full.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼーげつ [bóꜜògètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨ̥]

Noun

望(ぼう)月(げつ) • (bōgetsu) ^{←ばうげつ (baugetu)?}

1. full moon
2. in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
望	月
もち Grade: 4	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 望 (mochi) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “moon”). The mochi element is of uncertain derivation. It probably derives from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to possess; to keep, to maintain”), but the semantic relationship remains unclear. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もちづき [mòchíꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡ɕizɨkʲi̥]

Noun

望(もち)月(づき) • (mochizuki) 

1. full moon
2. in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon
3. more specifically, the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar month, the full moon of mid-autumn

Synonyms

• (full moon): 満月(まんげつ) (mangetsu)

Proper noun

望(もち)月(づき) • (Mochizuki) 

1. a surname