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正月

Zhēng yuè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

正月 (Zhēng yuè) means "first month of the lunar year". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 正月 means

1. first month of the lunar year

The characters in 正月

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 月yuèmoon; month; monthly

Words starting with 正月

• 正月初一zhēng yuè chū yīNew Year's Day in the lunar calendar

Where 正月 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhèng–zhī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read Zhēng yuè correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.