yuè
moon
month
monthly
CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
běn yuè
this month
the current month
yī yuè
January
first month (of the lunar year)
èr yuè
February
second month (of the lunar year)
yuán yuè
first month of the Lunar calendar
the New Year
shí èr yuè
December
twelfth month (of the lunar year)
rì yuè
the sun and moon
day and month
every day and every month
season
life and livelihood
sān yuè
March
third month (of the lunar year)
wǔ yuè
May
fifth month (of the lunar year)
shí yī yuè
November
eleventh month (of the lunar year)
jiǔ yuè
September
ninth month (of the lunar year)
liù yuè
June
sixth month (of the lunar year)
nián yuè
months and year
time
days of one's life
yuè yào rì
Monday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
bā yuè
August
eighth month (of the lunar year)
rì xīn yuè yì
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
every day sees new developments
rapid progress
sì yuè
April
fourth month (of the lunar year)
qī yuè
July
seventh month (of the lunar year)
yuè bǐng
mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
yuè mò
end of month
late in the month
rì jī yuè lěi
to accumulate over a long period of time
zhēng yuè
first month of the lunar year
shí yuè
October
tenth month (of the lunar year)
yuè chū
start of month
early in the month
fēng huā xuě yuè
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
love affair
romance is in the air
dissipated life
yuè guì
laurel (Laurus nobilis)
bay tree
bay leaf
yuè jì
Chinese rose (Rosa sinensis)
Rì yuè tán
Sun and moon lake (e.g. Dalian, Taiwan etc)
mǎn yuè
full moon
whole month
baby's one-month old birthday
huā hǎo yuè yuán
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful
perfect happiness
conjugal bliss
bāo yuè
to make monthly payments
monthly payment
fēng yuè
romance
beautiful scenery
small or petty (of talk etc)
míng yuè
bright moon
refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark
CL:輪|轮[lun2]
yuè jīng
menstruation
a woman's period
bàn yuè kān
fortnightly
twice a month
jǐ ge yuè
several months
the last few months
yuè qín
yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
jìng huā shuǐ yuè
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom)
fig. an unrealistic rosy view
viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles
also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
zhú yuè
month-by-month
monthly
on a monthly basis
zhè gè yuè
this month
the current month
yuè bào
monthly (used in names of publications)
monthly bulletin
yuè fèn
month
also written 月份[yue4 fen4]
dān yuè
monthly
in a single month
yuè shí
lunar eclipse
eclipse of the moon
dà yuè
solar month of 31 days
a lunar month of 30 days
yuè xiāng
phases of moon, namely: new moon 朔[shùo], first quarter or waxing moon 上弦[shàng xián], full moon 望[wàng] and last quarter or waning moon 下弦[xià xián]
yuè chéng
semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates
crescent-shaped barbican
yuè lǎo
matchmaker
go-between
same as 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2]
zuò yuè zi
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
yuè zi
traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth
puerperium
Yuè hú
Yuehu district of Yingtan city 鷹潭市|鹰潭市, Jiangxi
Lán yuè liang
Blue Moon, a hypothetical planet
yuè liang nǚ shén
the Moon Goddess
name of Japanese moon space probe
yuè gōng
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
Chūn jiāng huā yuè yè
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[Zhang1 Ruo4 xu1]
zhēng yuè chū yī
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
huā qián yuè xià
see 月下花前[yue4 xia4 hua1 qian2]
yuè lìng
typical weather in a given season
yuè shì
menses
menstruation
a woman's periods
bì yuè xiū huā
lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)
fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
qīng fēng míng yuè
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom)
fig. peaceful and clear night
(allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
xián yuè
half-moon
the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
Dù Yuè shēng
Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
yuè qiú biǎo miàn
lunar surface
surface of the moon
chū yuè
next month
after this month
zhòng xīng pěng yuè
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
to group around a revered leader
to revolve around sb
yuè guì guān
laurel crown
victory garland (in Greek and Western culture)
pī xīng dài yuè
to travel or work through night and day
to toil away for long hours
huā róng yuè mào
lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom)
fig. (of a woman) beautiful
yuè xià lǎo rén
minor divinity concerned with marriage
matchmaker
go-between
rì yuè rú suō
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
Yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians, historic Indo-European people of central Asia
same as 吐火羅人|吐火罗人
yuè xī
Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
yuè gōng
worker employed by the month
míng yuè qīng fēng
see 清風明月|清风明月[qing1 feng1 ming2 yue4]
yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
yuè piān shí
partial eclipse of the moon
tà yuè
to go for a walk in the moonlight
hǎi dǐ lāo yuè
to fetch the moon from the seabed (idiom); a hopeless illusion
yuè yùn
ring around the moon
lunar halo
shuò yuè
new moon
first day of the lunar month
yuè shuò
the first day of each month
pàn xīng xīng pàn yuè liàng
to wish for the stars and the moon
to have unreal expectations
xià xián yuè
third quarter or waning moon
dēng lù yuè qiú
moon landing
to land on the moon
rùn yuè
intercalary month in the lunar calendar
leap month
yuè guì shù
laurel tree (Laurus nobilis)
bay tree
jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì Shān dōng xiōng dì
Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维)
yín fēng lòng yuè
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
mí yuè
full moon
first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
píng yuè
February of a common year
bù yuè
to stroll beneath the moon
yuè fèn pái
calendar (esp. illustrated)
Yuè hú qū
Yuehu district of Yingtan city 鷹潭市|鹰潭市, Jiangxi
rì yuè chóng guāng
the sun and moon shine once more
fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval
shēng zú nián yuè
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè
to fetch the moon out of the sea (idiom); a hopeless illusion
wǔ yuè jié
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
dà yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
liú xīng gǎn yuè
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
swift action (idiom)
yú yuè
alternative term for fourth lunar month
yuè miǎo
last few days of the month
suì yuè rú liú
the passage of the years
the flow of time
rì yuè wǔ xīng
sun, moon and the five visible planets
suì yuè zhēng róng
eventful years
momentous times
hōng yún tuō yuè
lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil
a contrasting character to a main hero
shí jǐ gè yuè
ten months or so
about ten months
huā zhāo yuè xī
a beautiful day
cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
yuè fèn huì yì
monthly meeting
monthly conference
yuè jìng
moonlit path
diameter of the moon
diameter of the moon's orbit
bīng hú qiū yuè
jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
flawless person
yuè xià huā qián
lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)
fig. romantic surroundings
zuò mǎn yuè
to celebrate a child reaching the age of one month
bā yuè zhī guāng
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳)
Yuè zhī rén
Tokharian Indo-European people of central Asia
same as 吐火羅人|吐火罗人
yuè bèi
lunar apogee (point in the moon's orbit furthest from earth)
imaginary heavenly body occupying the second focus of the moon's elliptic orbit
dark moon
Lilith
Yáng Yuè qīng
Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
yuè lǐ
snakehead mullet
Channa asiatica
pī xīng dài yuè
variant of 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]
Liè shā Hóng sè Shí yuè hào
"The Hunt for Red October", a novel by Tom Clancy
rì yuè cuō tuó
days and months slip away
fig. the inexorable passage of time
cán dōng là yuè
final days of the lunar year
yíng tū yuè
full moon
waxing gibbous moon
yān huā fēng yuè
refers to lovemaking (idiom)
dà yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
zhěng nián lěi yuè
all year round
over a long period
rì yuè yùn
halo
ring of light around the sun or moon
yuè pó zi
woman in late pregnancy (colloquial)
Wú niú jiàn yuè
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
yǐ lán wàng yuè
to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
xián yuè chuāng
a narrow slit window
a lunette
xún shū yuè sòng
pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
yuè guāng qī
from new moon to full moon
yuè tóu r
start of the month (colloquial)
hài yuè zi
morning sickness (in pregnancy)
lín yuè r
the month childbirth is due
yuè guāng yǐn dùn
to live in hiding
living as a recluse
to hide from the world
yuè sǎo
woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth
Yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
Yuè yào rì
Monday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
yuè tái mù mén
(railway) platform screen doors
platform-edge doors
yuè guāng zú
lit. moonlight group
fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)
yuè gōng
monthly loan repayment
mortgage payment
Yuè liang Nǚ shén hào
SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
rì yuè shí
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
Rì yuè Tán
Sun Moon Lake (Dalian, Taiwan etc)
dài yuè pī xīng
see 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]
chéng nián lěi yuè
year in, year out (idiom)
yuè máng zhèng
moon blindness
equine recurrent uveitis
yuè xiàng
phases of moon, namely: new moon 朔[shuo4], first quarter or waxing moon 上弦[shang4 xian2], full moon 望[wang4] and last quarter or waning moon 下弦[xia4 xian2]
cháng nián lěi yuè
year in, year out (idiom)
(over) many years
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè
the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
jī nián lěi yuè
year in, year out (idiom)
(over) many years
zhòng xīng cuán yuè
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4]
zhòng xīng gǒng yuè
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4]
hóu nián mǎ yuè
long time off
time that will never come
niú nián mǎ yuè
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hou2 nian2 ma3 yue4]
Zhēng yuè
first month of the lunar year
lǘ nián mǎ yuè
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hou2 nian2 ma3 yue4]
cháng nián lěi yuè
variant of 長年累月|长年累月[chang2 nian2 lei3 yue4]
Bā yuè
August
eighth month (of the lunar year)
rù yuè
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle
full-term gestation
guāng fēng jì yuè
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
period of peace and prosperity
noble and benevolent character
Yuán yuè
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
Wǔ yuè jié
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Wǔ yuè
May
fifth month (of the lunar year)
Èr yuè
February
second month (of the lunar year)
Jiǔ yuè
September
ninth month (of the lunar year)
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
to reach for the stars (idiom)
Sān yuè Jiē
Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族[Bai2 zu2]
Sān yuè
March
third month (of the lunar year)
Qī yuè
July
seventh month (of the lunar year)
Bā yuè zhī Guāng
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · Fu2 ke4 na4])
Liù yuè
June
sixth month (of the lunar year)
Dà yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
Dà yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
Sì yuè
April
fourth month (of the lunar year)
yín fēng nòng yuè
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
bàn yuè bàn
semilunar valve (anatomy)
Shí yuè
October
tenth month (of the lunar year)
Shí èr yuè
December
twelfth month (of the lunar year)
Shí yī yuè
November
eleventh month (of the lunar year)
chū yuè zi
to complete the month of confinement following childbirth
cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]
bīng pí yuè bǐng
snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)
Yī yuè
January
first month (of the lunar year)