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一月 (yī yuè) — January; first month of the lunar calendar

Definition

noun
Januaryfirst month of the lunar calendar

Examples

  • 一月。
    Měi nián yī yuè dōu hěn lěng.
    Every January is very cold.
  • 一月。
    Wǒ de shēng rì zài yī yuè.
    My birthday is in January.
  • 一月。
    Wǒ men yī yuè qù lǚ xíng.
    We are traveling in January.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

一yīone/first
月yuèmonth

一 (one/first) with 月 (month) gives the first month or January.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

月 was drawn as a crescent moon, with the curved outline showing the moon’s shape.

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