二月 (èr yuè) — February; second month of the lunar calendar | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Februarysecond month of the lunar calendar

Examples

二月。
Wǒ èr yuè yào qù běi jīng chū chāi.
I'm going to Beijing on a business trip in February.
二月。
Chūn jié tōng cháng zài èr yuè.
Spring Festival usually falls in February.
二月。
èr yuè Yǒu èr shí bā tiān huò èr shí jiǔ tiān.
February has 28 or 29 days.

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.

二èrsecond

二月 names the second month: 二 gives the number and 月 gives the month.

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

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

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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