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月
yuè
1.
moon
2.
month
3.
monthly
4.
CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[輪|轮<lún>]]
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一月
Yīyuè
January
七月
Qīyuè
July
三月
Sānyuè
March
上月
shàngyuè
last month
下月
xiàyuè
next month
九月
Jiǔyuè
September
二月
Èryuè
February
五月
Wǔyuè
May
余月
yúyuè
alternative term for fourth lunar month
元月
Yuányuè
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
入月
rùyuè
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle
八月
Bāyuè
August
六月
Liùyuè
June
冬月
Dōngyuè
eleventh lunar month
出月
chūyuè
next month
包月
bāoyuè
to make monthly payments
匝月
zāyuè
(formal) a full month
十月
Shíyuè
October
半月
bànyuè
half-moon
品月
pǐnyuè
light blue
Example Sentences (10)
今天是12月20日，新年就要到了。
Jīntiān shì shí'èr yuè èrshí rì, xīnnián jiù yào dào le.
Today is December 20th, and the New Year is almost here.
Text 1
几千公里以外的国家，以前坐船需要几个月，现在乘坐飞机不过十几个小时。
Jǐ qiān gōnglǐ yǐwài de guójiā, yǐqián zuò chuán xūyào jǐ gè yuè, xiànzài chéngzuò fēijī bùguò shí jǐ gè xiǎoshí.
Countries thousands of kilometers away used to take a few months to reach by ship; now it takes only a dozen or so hours by plane.
Text 5
今天买的东西太多了。再说，这个月家里已经花了五千多了。
Jīntiān mǎi de dōngxi tài duō le. Zàishuō, zhège yuè jiālǐ yǐjīng huā le wǔ qiān duō le.
I bought too many things today. Besides, our family has already spent more than five thousand this month.
Text 2
减了一个月都没瘦下来，我实在没有信心了。
Jiǎn le yí gè yuè dōu méi shòu xiàlái, wǒ shízài méiyǒu xìnxīn le.
I dieted for a month and still didn't slim down. I really have no confidence anymore.
Text 1
我计划去郊区住一个月。你不是已经买好火车票了吗？你到底怎么打算的呀？
Wǒ jìhuà qù jiāoqū zhù yí gè yuè. Nǐ bú shì yǐjīng mǎi hǎo huǒchē piào le ma? Nǐ dàodǐ zěnme dǎsuàn de yā?
I plan to stay in the suburbs for a month. Didn't you already buy the train ticket? What exactly are you planning?
Text 3
到6月9号，我们就结婚二十年了。这么多年，我们的生活一直挺幸福的。
Dào liù yuè jiǔ hào, wǒmen jiù jiéhūn èrshí nián le. Zhème duō nián, wǒmen de shēnghuó yìzhí tǐng xìngfú de.
By June 9th, we'll have been married for twenty years. All these years, our life has always been quite happy.
Text 3
你是在开玩笑吧？你们不是才认识一个月？
Nǐ shì zài kāi wánxiào ba? Nǐmen bú shì cái rènshi yí gè yuè?
Are you kidding? Didn't you just meet a month ago?
Text 2
另外，马经理让我告诉大家一个好消息，因为大家按时完成了工作，公司决定这个月给每人多发三千元奖金。
Lìngwài, mǎ jīnglǐ ràng wǒ gàosu dàjiā yí gè hǎo xiāoxi, yīnwèi dàjiā ànshí wánchéng le gōngzuò, gōngsī juédìng zhège yuè gěi měi rén duō fā sān qiān yuán jiǎngjīn.
Also, Manager Ma asked me to tell everyone some good news: because everyone finished the work on time, the company has decided to give each person an extra 3,000 yuan bonus this month.
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 168
- Word Frequency Rank
- 469 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 74