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月 yuè moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
Results beginning with 月
月亮 yuè liang the moon
月光 yuè guāng moonlight
月薪 yuè xīn monthly income (in kind)
月经 yuè jīng menstruation / a woman's period
月底 yuè dǐ end of the month
月饼 yuè bǐng mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
月球 yuè qiú the moon
月份 yuè fèn month
月色 yuè sè moonlight
月夜 yuè yè moonlit night
月月 yuè yuè every month
月刊 yuè kān monthly magazine
月历 yuè lì monthly calendar
月度 yuè dù monthly
月季 yuè jì Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis)
月华 yuè huá moonlight
月票 yuè piào monthly ticket
月牙 yuè yá crescent moon
月末 yuè mò end of month / late in the month
月报 yuè bào monthly (used in names of publications) / monthly bulletin
月老 yuè lǎo matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2]
月台 yuè tái railway platform
月宫 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
月子 yuè zi traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth / puerperium
月桂 yuè guì laurel (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree / bay leaf
月半 yuè bàn 15th of the month
月嫂 yuè sǎo woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth
月轮 yuè lún full moon
月琴 yuè qín yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
月食 yuè shí lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon
月相 yuè xiàng phase of the moon
月氏 Yuè zhī ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
月息 yuè xī monthly interest
月晕 yuè yùn ring around the moon / lunar halo
月孛 yuè bèi (ancient Chinese astrology) Yuebei, a heavenly body postulated to exist at the apogee of the Moon's orbit, hindering the Moon's progress
月城 yuè chéng semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates / crescent-shaped barbican
月池 yuè chí moon pool / central pool
月初 yuè chū start of month / early in the month
月分 yuè fèn month / also written 月份[yue4 fen4]
月俸 yuè fèng monthly salary
月工 yuè gōng worker employed by the month
月供 yuè gōng monthly loan repayment / mortgage payment
月海 yuè hǎi lunar mare
月黑 yuè hēi moonless (night)
月湖 Yuè hú Yuehu district of Yingtan city 鷹潭市|鹰潭市, Jiangxi
月径 yuè jìng moonlit path / diameter of the moon / diameter of the moon's orbit
月坑 yuè kēng lunar crater
月亏 yuè kuī waning moon / to wane
月蓝 yuè lán light blue
月阑 yuè lán the halo of the moon
月利 yuè lì monthly interest
月鳢 yuè lǐ snakehead mullet / Channa asiatica
月令 yuè lìng typical weather in a given season
月杪 yuè miǎo last few days of the month
月钱 yuè qián monthly payment
月缺 yuè quē new moon
月壤 yuè rǎng lunar soil
月蚀 yuè shí variant of 月食[yue4 shi2]
月事 yuè shì menses / menstruation / a woman's periods
月朔 yuè shuò the first day of each month
月尾 yuè wěi end of the month
月夕 yuè xī Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
月信 yuè xìn (old) menstruation / period
月芽 yuè yá variant of 月牙[yue4 ya2]
月岩 yuè yán moon rock
月震 yuè zhèn moonquake
月支 Yuè zhī the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏[Yue4 zhi1])
月中 yuè zhōng the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心[yue4zi5 zhong1xin1])
月租 yuè zū to rent by the month
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月收入 yuè shōu rù monthly income
月光族 yuè guāng zú people who spend all their monthly earnings before the next payday
月牙形 yuè yá xíng crescent
月桂树 yuè guì shù laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree
月球车 yuè qiú chē moon buggy
月全食 yuè quán shí total lunar eclipse
月行器  Lunokhod
月份牌 yuè fèn pái calendar (esp. illustrated)
月光期 yuè guāng qī from new moon to full moon
月光石 yuè guāng shí moonstone
月桂冠 yuè guì guān laurel crown / victory garland (in Greek and Western culture)
月桂叶 yuè guì yè bay leaf / laurel leaf
月黑天 yuè hēi tiān the dark / night
月湖区 Yuè hú qū Yuehu district of Yingtan city 鷹潭市|鹰潭市, Jiangxi
月经垫 yuè jīng diàn sanitary towel / menopad
月亮杯 yuè liang bēi menstrual cup (Tw)
月盲症 yuè máng zhèng moon blindness / equine recurrent uveitis
月女神 yuè nu:3 shén Moon Goddess
月偏食 yuè piān shí partial eclipse of the moon
月婆子 yuè pó zi (coll.) lying-in woman
月台票 yuè tái piào platform ticket
月头儿 yuè tóu r start of the month (colloquial)
月曜日 Yuè yào rì Monday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
月氏人 Yuè zhī rén Tokharian Indo-European people of central Asia / same as 吐火羅人|吐火罗人
月子病 yuè zi bìng puerperal fever
月下老人 yuè xià lǎo rén minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between
月下花前 yuè xià huā qián lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings
月外空间  translunar space
月份会议 yuè fèn huì yì monthly meeting / monthly conference
月光隐遁 yuè guāng yǐn dùn to live in hiding / living as a recluse / to hide from the world
月桂树叶 yuè guì shù yè laurel leaf / bay leaf
月华剑士 yuè huá jiàn shì The
月经棉栓 yuè jīng mián shuān tampon
月亮女神 yuè liang nu:3 shén the Moon Goddess / name of Japanese moon space probe
月球表面 yuè qiú biǎo miàn lunar surface / surface of the moon
月球协定 yuè qiú xié dìng Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement
月台幕门 yuè tái mù mén (railway) platform screen doors / platform-edge doors
月子中心 yuè zi zhōng xīn postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth)
月出差津贴  monthly mission allowance
月出勤报告 yuè chū qín bào gào monthly attendance report
月付款通知 yuè fù kuǎn tòng zhī monthly payment order
月亮女神号 Yuè liang Nu:3 shén hào SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
月支付委托书  monthly payment order
月球号探测器 yuè qiú hào tàn cè qì Luna
月球研究联盟间委员会  Inter-Union Commission for Studies of the Moon
月球和火星术语工作组  Working Group on Lunar and Martian Nomenclature
Approximate Results for 月
本月 běn yuè this month / the current month
每月 měi yuè each month
岁月 suì yuè years / time
五月 Wǔ yuè May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
三月 Sān yuè March / third month (of the lunar year)
四月 Sì yuè April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
一月 Yī yuè January / first month (of the lunar year)
七月 Qī yuè July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
十月 Shí yuè October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
六月 Liù yuè June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
九月 Jiǔ yuè September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
八月 Bā yuè August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
二月 Er4 yuè February / second month (of the lunar year)
明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2]
日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
包月 bāo yuè to make monthly payments / monthly payment
年月 nián yuè months and year / time / days of one's life
半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight
下月 xià yuè next month
正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year
风月 fēng yuè romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc)
当月 dàng yuè the same month
当月 dāng yuè on that month
上月 shàng yuè last month
星月 xīng yuè the moon and the stars
元月 Yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
数月 shù yuè several months
新月 xīn yuè new moon / crescent
满月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday
蜜月 mì yuè honeymoon
望月 wàng yuè full moon
按月 àn yuè monthly / per mensem
腊月 Là yuè twelfth lunar month
残月 cán yuè waning moon
赏月 shǎng yuè to admire the full moon
圆月 yuán yuè full moon
逐月 zhú yuè month-by-month / monthly / on a monthly basis
登月 dēng yuè to go (up) to the moon
弯月 wān yuè crescent moon / crescent shape
单月 dān yuè monthly / in a single month
奔月 bèn yuè to fly to the moon
大月 dà yuè solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days
闰月 rùn yuè intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month
足月 zú yuè full-term (gestation)
斋月 Zhāi yuè Ramadan (Islam)
皎月 jiǎo yuè the bright moon
朔月 shuò yuè new moon / first day of the lunar month
冬月 Dōng yuè eleventh lunar month
弥月 mí yuè full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
步月 bù yuè to stroll beneath the moon
不月 bù yuè amenorrhoea / irregular menstruation
出月 chū yuè next month / after this month
眉月 méi yuè waxing crescent (moon)
平月 píng yuè February of a common year
品月 pǐn yuè light blue
入月 rù yuè (of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation
探月 tàn yuè lunar exploration
踏月 tà yuè to go for a walk in the moonlight
旺月 wàng yuè busy (business) month
弦月 xián yuè half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
余月 yú yuè alternative term for fourth lunar month
匝月 zā yuè (formal) a full month
坐月 zuò yuè see 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]
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几个月 jǐ ge yuè several months / the last few months
十二月 Shí èr yuè December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
十一月 Shí yī yuè November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
上个月 shàng gè yuè last month
这个月 zhè gè yuè this month / the current month
下个月 xià gè yuè next month
四月份 sì yuè fèn April
三月份 sān yuè fèn March
五月份 wǔ yuè fèn May
十月份 shí yuè fèn October
一月份 yī yuè fèn see 一月[Yi1yue4]
六月份 liù yuè fèn June
九月份 jiǔ yuè fèn September / ninth month
七月份 qī yuè fèn July
二月份 èr yuè fèn February
八月份 bā yuè fèn August
日月潭 Rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
蓝月亮 lán yuè liang Blue Moon, a hypothetical planet
双月刊 shuāng yuè kān bimonthly publication
坐月子 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"
林月如 lín yuè rú Lin
半月刊 bàn yuè kān fortnightly / twice a month
上弦月 shàng xián yuè first quarter moon
杜月笙 Dù Yuè shēng Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
半月板 bàn yuè bǎn meniscus (anatomy)
红新月 Hóng xīn yuè Red Crescent
登月舱 dēng yuè cāng lunar module
白月光 bái yuè guāng (slang) the one that got away
半月瓣 bàn yuè bàn semilunar valve (anatomy)
不足月 bù zú yuè premature (birth, child)
出月子 chū yuè zi to complete the month of confinement following childbirth / cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]
大月支 Dà yuè zhī variant of 大月氏[Da4 Yue4 zhi1]
大月氏 Dà yuè zhī the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
娥眉月 é méi yuè crescent
害月子 hài yuè zi morning sickness (in pregnancy)
近点月 jìn diǎn yuè anomalistic month
金新月 jīn xīn yuè Golden Crescent
临月儿 lín yuè r the month childbirth is due
尼散月 Ní sàn yuè Nisan, the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar
人工月 rén gōng yuè Man-month
日月食 rì yuè shí eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
日月晕 rì yuè yùn halo / ring of light around the sun or moon
三月街 Sān yuè Jiē Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族[Bai2 zu2]
五月节 Wǔ yuè jié Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
弦月窗 xián yuè chuāng a narrow slit window / a lunette
下弦月 xià xián yuè third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
杨月清 Yáng Yuè qīng Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
盈凸月 yíng tū yuè full moon / waxing gibbous moon
远月点 yuàn yuè diǎn apocynthion
做满月 zuò mǎn yuè to celebrate a child reaching the age of one month
足月生 zú yuè shēng birth at term / full-term birth
4月谅解  April Understanding
日新月异 rì xīn yuè yì daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress
日积月累 rì jī yuè lěi to accumulate over a long period of time
花好月圆 huā hǎo yuè yuán lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom) / fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
十月革命 Shí yuè Gé mìng October Revolution
长年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
闭月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
披星戴月 pī xīng dài yuè to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours
经年累月 jīng nián lěi yuè for years / over the years
日月如梭 rì yuè rú suō the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom) / How time flies!
成年累月 chéng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom)
吟风弄月 yín fēng nòng yuè lit. singing of the wind and the moon / fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
水中捞月 shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) / a hopeless endeavor
海底捞月 hǎi dǐ lāo yuè see 水中撈月|水中捞月[shui3 zhong1 lao1 yue4]
冰壶秋月 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
戴月披星 dài yuè pī xīng see 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]
风花雪月 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
猴年马月 hóu nián mǎ yuè long time off / time that will never come
花前月下 huā qián yuè xià see 月下花前[yue4 xia4 hua1 qian2]
花容月貌 huā róng yuè mào lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful
花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
镜花水月 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
积年累月 jī nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
九天揽月 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè (idiom) to reach for the stars
流星赶月 liú xīng gǎn yuè lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
明月清风 míng yuè qīng fēng see 清風明月|清风明月[qing1 feng1 ming2 yue4]
披星带月 pī xīng dài yuè variant of 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4]
清风明月 qīng fēng míng yuè lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
日月重光 rì yuè chóng guāng the sun and moon shine once more / fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval
日月蹉跎 rì yuè cuō tuó the years have slipped by
岁月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time
岁月峥嵘 suì yuè zhēng róng eventful years / momentous times
旬输月送 xún shū yuè sòng pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom) / incessant and ever more complicated demands
烟花风月 yān huā fēng yuè refers to lovemaking (idiom)
整年累月 zhěng nián lěi yuè month after month, year after year / year in, year out
众星攒月 zhòng xīng cuán yuè see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4]
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