当月 (dàng yuè) — the same month; that very month

Definition

noun

the same monththat very month

当月。
Wǒ dǎ suàn dàng yuè jiù bān jìn qù.
I plan to move in that same month.
当月。
Tā men dàng yuè jiù wán chéng le xiàng mù.
They completed the project that very month.
当月。
Gōng zī dàng yuè fā fàng.
The salary is paid that same month.

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.

当 (same) + 月 (month) means that very month.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 當; 当 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

尚

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 當 combines 田 (field) with 尚; the evidence describes fields facing each other.

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.