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月

yuè

HSK 1 Character Measure word 个、轮

What 月 means

1. moon
2. month
3. monthly

Example sentences

• 月光真美。
  Yuèguāng zhēn měi.
  The moonlight is really beautiful.
• 月光好亮。
  The moon's so bright.
• 四月到了。
  It's April.
• 三月已过。
  March is over.
• 昨晚是满月。
  Zuówǎn shì mǎnyuè.
  Last night there was a full moon.
• 新月出来了。
  Xīnyuè chūlái le.
  The new moon came out.

Words starting with 月

• 月亮yuè liangthe moon
• 月份yuè fènmonth
• 月光yuè guāngmoonlight
• 月底yuè dǐend of the month
• 月中yuè zhōngthe middle of the month; (Taiwan; colloquial) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心
• 月初yuè chūstart of month; early in the month
• 月饼yuè bǐngmooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
• 月薪yuè xīnmonthly income (in kind)
• 月经yuè jīngmenstruation; a woman's period
• 月球yuè qiúthe moon
• 月色yuè sèmoonlight
• 月刊yuè kānmonthly magazine
• 月票yuè piàomonthly ticket
• 月台yuè táirailway platform
• 月末yuè mòend of month; late in the month
• 月夜yuè yèmoonlit night
• 月牙yuè yácrescent moon
• 月报yuè bàomonthly (used in names of publications); monthly bulletin
• 月季yuè jìChinese rose (Rosa chinensis)
• 月华yuè huámoonlight
• 月老yuè lǎomatchmaker; go-between; same as 月下老人
• 月子yuè zitraditional one-month confinement period following childbirth; puerperium
• 月桂yuè guìlaurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; bay leaf
• 月宫yuè gōngPalace in the Moon (in folk tales)

Words containing 月

• 岁月suì yuèyears; time
• 正月Zhēng yuèfirst month of the lunar year
• 日新月异rì xīn yuè yìdaily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress
• 每月měi yuèeach month
• 十月Shí yuèOctober; tenth month (of the lunar year)
• 五月Wǔ yuèMay; fifth month (of the lunar year)
• 八月Bā yuèAugust; eighth month (of the lunar year)
• 七月Qī yuèJuly; seventh month (of the lunar year)
• 三月Sān yuèMarch; third month (of the lunar year)
• 明月míng yuèbright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark
• 九月Jiǔ yuèSeptember; ninth month (of the lunar year)
• 六月Liù yuèJune; sixth month (of the lunar year)
• 四月Sì yuèApril; fourth month (of the lunar year)
• 一月Yī yuèJanuary; first month (of the lunar year)
• 本月běn yuèthis month; the current month
• 二月Èr yuèFebruary; second month (of the lunar year)
• 日月rì yuèthe sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month
• 新月xīn yuènew moon; crescent
• 上月shàng yuèlast month
• 上个月shàng gè yuèlast month
• 十一月Shí yī yuèNovember; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
• 十二月Shí èr yuèDecember; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
• 年月nián yuèmonths and year; time; days of one's life
• 下月xià yuènext month

Characters that look like 月

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 且qiěand; moreover; yet
• 片piànthin piece; flake; a slice
• 另lìngother; another; separate
• 丹dānred; pellet; powder

Sounds the same

Read yuè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 越to exceed; to climb over; to surpass
• 阅to inspect; to review; to read
• 钥key; also pr. yào
• 跃to jump; to leap
• 悦pleased
• 岳wife's parents and paternal uncles
• 粤Cantonese; short name for Guangdong 广东
• 瀹to cleanse; to boil
• 乐music
• 玥pearl used in sacrifice
• 钺battle-ax
• 籥flute; key