Definition

Examples

• 今晚的天空上挂着一弯新月。
  Jīntiān wǎnshàng de tiānkōng shàng guà zhe yì wān xīn yuè.
  A crescent moon hangs in the sky tonight.
• 农历初一那天是新月，看不见月亮。
  Nónglì chūyī nà tiān shì xīn yuè, kàn bú jiàn yuèliàng.
  On the first day of the lunar month, it's the new moon, and you can't see the moon.
• 诗人常用新月来象征新的开始。
  Shīrén cháng yòng xīn yuè lái xiàngzhēng xīn de kāishǐ.
  Poets often use the crescent moon to symbolize a new beginning.