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十一月 (shí yī yuè) — November; eleventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Definition

noun
Novembereleventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Examples

  • 十一月。
    Wǒ de shēng rì zài shí yī yuè.
    My birthday is in November.
  • 十一月，。
    shí yī yuè Tiān qì hěn lěng, yào duō chuān yī fu.
    The weather in November is very cold; you should wear more clothes.
  • 十一月。
    Wǒ men měi nián shí yī yuè dōu huì kāi yí cì zhòng yào huì yì.
    We hold an important meeting every November.

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.

十一eleven
十shíten一yīone
联合Coordinate
月yuèmonth

十一 means eleven and 月 means month, giving the eleventh month.

Characters in this word

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

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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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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