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)
• (Hokkien) 月圓／月圆

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). Another theory derives it from 満ちる (michiru, “to be full, to wax”), semantically related but is somewhat problematic phonologically.

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)

Coordinate terms

Lunar phases in Japanese · 月(げっ)相(そう) (gessō)

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
新(にい)月(づき) (niizuki) 新(しん)月(げつ) (shingetsu) 朔(さく) (saku) 朔(さく)月(げつ) (sakugetsu) 月(つき)立(たち) (tsukitachi)	二(ふつ)日(か)月(づき) (futsukazuki) 繊(せん)月(げつ) (sengetsu) 既(き)朔(さく) (kisaku)	三(み)日(か)月(づき) (mikazuki) 若(わか)月(づき) (wakazuki) 眉(び)月(げつ) (bigetsu) 眉(まゆ)月(づき) (mayuzuki)	四(よっ)日(か)月(づき) (yokkazuki)	五(いつ)日(か)月(づき) (itsukazuki)
6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
六(むい)日(か)月(づき) (muikazuki)	七(なの)日(か)月(づき) (nanokazuki)	八(よう)日(か)月(づき) (yōkazuki)	九(く)夜(や)月(づき) (kuyazuki) 九(ここの)日(か)月(つき) (kokonokatsuki)	十(とう)日(かん)夜(や)の月(つき) (tōkan'ya no tsuki)
	上(じょう)弦(げん) (jōgen) 上(じょう)弦(げん)の月(つき) (jōgen no tsuki) 弓(ゆみ)張(はり)月(づき) (yumiharizuki) 半(はん)月(げつ) (hangetsu)
11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち)月(づき) (jūichinichizuki)	十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち)月(づき) (jūninichizuki)	十(じゅう)三(さん)夜(や) (jūsan'ya)	十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か)月(づき) (jūyokkazuki) 小(こ)望(もち)月(づき) (komochizuki) 幾(き)望(ぼう) (kibō) 待(まつ)宵(よい)月(づき) (matsuyoizuki)	十(じゅう)五(ご)夜(や) (jūgoya) 十(じゅう)五(ご)夜(や)の月(つき) (jūgoya no tsuki) 望(ぼう) (bō) 望(もち)月(づき) (mochizuki) 満(まん)月(げつ) (mangetsu) 三(さん)五(ご)の月(つき) (sango no tsuki)
16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
十六夜(いざよい) (izayoi) 十六夜(いざよい)の月(つき) (izayoi no tsuki) 既(き)望(ぼう) (kibō) 猶予(いざよう)月(つき) (izayōtsuki)	立(たち)待(まち)月(づき) (tachimachizuki)	居(い)待(まち)月(づき) (imachizuki)	寝(ね)待(まち)月(づき) (nemachizuki) 臥(ふし)待(まち)月(づき) (fushimachizuki)	二十(はつ)日(か)月(づき) (hatsukazuki) 更(ふけ)待(まち)月(づき) (fukemachizuki) 亥(い)中(なか)の月(つき) (inaka no tsuki)
21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th
二(に)十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūichinichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūninichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)三(さん)夜(や) (nijūsan'ya) 二(に)十(じゅう)三(さん)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūsannichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)四(よ)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūyonichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūgonichizuki)
	下(か)弦(げん) (kagen) 下(か)弦(げん)の月(つき) (kagen no tsuki) 弓(ゆみ)張(はり)月(づき) (yumiharizuki) 半(はん)月(げつ) (hangetsu)
26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
二(に)十(じゅう)六(ろく)夜(や) (nijūrokuya) 二(に)十(じゅう)六(ろく)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūrokunichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūshichinichizuki)	明(あ)けの三(み)日(か)月(づき) (ake no mikazuki)		三十(みそ)日(か) (misoka) 三十(みそ)日(か)月(づき) (misokazuki)
		二(に)十(じゅう)八(はち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūhachinichizuki)	晦(つごもり) (tsugomori)
Others
After 16th	In rain
残(ざん)月(げつ) (zangetsu) 有(あり)明(あけ)の月(つき) (ariake no tsuki) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(つき) (ariaketsuki) 有(あり)明(あけ) (ariake) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(づく)夜(よ) (ariakezukuyo) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(づき)夜(よ) (ariakezukiyo) 昼(ひる)の月(つき) (hiru no tsuki) 暁(あかつき)月(づく)夜(よ) (akatsukizukuyo) 暁(あかとき)月(づく)夜(よ) (akatokizukuyo) 暁(あかつき)月(づき)夜(よ) (akatsukizukiyo) 暁(あかつき)月(づき) (akatsukizuki) 暁(あかとき)月(づき) (akatokizuki) 暁(ぎょう)月(げつ) (gyōgetsu)	雨(あま)夜(よ)の月(つき) (amayo no tsuki)

Proper noun

望(もち)月(づき) • (Mochizuki) 

1. a surname