臘月

See also: 腊月

Chinese

		winter solstice sacrifice dried meat	month
trad. (臘月)		臘	月
simp. (腊月)		腊	月

Etymology

Refers to the ancient sacrificial ritual that occurred after the winter solstice called 臘祭／腊祭.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Làyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ jyut⁶
Min Nan (POJ): la̍h-ge̍h / la̍h-goe̍h / la̍h-ge̍rh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Làyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lahyueh
  - IPA ^(key): /la̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯œ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: laap⁶ jyut⁶
  - Yale: laahp yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ yud⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑːp̚² jyːt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-ge̍h
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-ge̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqgeh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ geʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ geʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-goe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-gue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqgoeh
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ gueʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /la(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ gueʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-ge̍rh
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-ge̍rh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /la(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² gəʔ²⁴/

Proper noun

臘月

The twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Synonyms

(modern): 十二月 (shí'èryuè)
(archaic): 冰月, 嚴月／严月, 除月, 殘霜天／残霜天, 星回, 嘉平, 季冬 (Jìdōng), 嘉平, 窮節／穷节

See also

Month of the Year: 臘月／腊月
- Previous: 冬月 (Dōngyuè)
- Next: 正月 (zhēngyuè)

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