元月

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	moon; month
simp. and trad. (元月)		元	月

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuányuè

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Yuányuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuanyueh
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ y̯œ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    元月
    圓月／圆月
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ jyut⁶
  - Yale: yùhn yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yud⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jyːt̚²/

Proper noun

元月

(literary) Synonym of 一月 (yīyuè, “January”).
(archaic) The first of the twelve months of the Chinese lunar year.

Synonyms

正月 (zhēngyuè), 端月, 初月, 嘉月, 開歲／开岁, 新正 (xīnzhēng), 隅月, 孟月 (mèngyuè), 始春, 元春, 陬月

See also

Month of the Year: 元月, 正月 (zhēngyuè)
- Previous: 臘月／腊月 (Làyuè)
- Next: 杏月 (Xìngyuè)

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