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三月 (sān yuè) — March; third month (of the lunar calendar)

Definition

noun
Marchthird month (of the lunar calendar)

Examples

  • 三月。
    Wǒ sān yuè yào huí guó.
    I am going back to my country in March.
  • 三月。
    sān yuè Yǒu sān shí yì tiān.
    March has 31 days.
  • 三月。
    Tā sān yuè bì yè.
    She graduates in March.

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.

三sānthird
月yuèmonth

'三' gives the third position and '月' gives the month, together naming the third month.

Characters in this word

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

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

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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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