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七月 (qī yuè) — July (Gregorian calendar); seventh month of the lunar calendar

Definition

七月 means 'July' in the Gregorian calendar, but it is also the traditional name for the seventh lunar month — when 七月 appears without 阳历, it often means the lunar month (note example 2).

noun
July (Gregorian calendar)seventh month of the lunar calendar

Examples

  • 七月。
    Wǒ qī yuè yào qù lǚ xíng.
    I want to travel in July.
  • 七月，。
    Nóng lì qī yuè shì zhōng yuán jié, rén men huì jì zǔ.
    The seventh lunar month is the Ghost Festival, when people honor ancestors.
  • 七月。
    qī yuè De tiān qì hěn rè.
    The weather in July is very hot.

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.

七qīseven
月yuèmonth

七 “seven” numbers 月 “month”, giving the seventh month.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 七 comes from two crossing lines: the top line runs left to right, and the next line goes down and across.

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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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