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每月 (měi yuè) — every month; monthly

Definition

noun
every monthmonthly

Examples

  • 每月。
    Gōng sī měi yuè fā fàng yí cì gōng zī.
    The company distributes salaries once a month.
  • 每月。
    Tā měi yuè dōu huì qù tú shū guǎn jiè shū.
    He goes to the library to borrow books every month.
  • 每月。
    Zhè tào gōng yù de měi yuè zū jīn shì wǔ qiān yuán.
    The monthly rent for this apartment is five thousand yuan.

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.

每měievery
月yuèmonth

每 (every) and 月 (month) combine to mean each month.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

每 shows 母, a woman, with a top part resembling 屮. That part may represent a hairpin marking her as grown up, or a sprout marking her as ready to marry and have children.

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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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