yuè

moon; month; KangXi radical 74

HSK 1 #169

DEFINITIONS

月 yuè
  • moon
  • month
  • monthly
  • CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

STROKES

WORDS

众星捧 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
yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
十一份 shí yī yuè fèn November
xián yuè half-moon; the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
偏食 yuè piān shí partial eclipse of the moon
全食 yuè quán shí total lunar eclipse
报 yuè bào monthly (used in names of publications); monthly bulletin
子 yuè zi traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth; puerperium
季 yuè jì Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis)
牙形 yuè yá xíng crescent
球车 yuè qiú chē moon buggy
华 yuè huá moonlight
经年累 jīng nián lěi yuè for years; over the years
là yuè twelfth lunar month
近水楼台先得 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
羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom); fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
街 sān yuè jiē Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族[Bai2 zu2]
上個 shàng gè yuè last month
上弦 shàng xián yuè first quarter moon
下个 xià gè yuè next month
下個 xià gè yuè next month
下弦 xià xián yuè third quarter or waning moon
不足 bù zú yuè premature (birth, child)
九天揽 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè to reach for the stars (idiom)
九天攬 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè to reach for the stars (idiom)