八月

Chinese

		eight	moon; month
trad. (八月)		八	月
simp. #(八月)		八	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bāyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ba² yue²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): байүә (bayüə, I-II) / байүә (bayüə, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ jyut⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pat-ngie̍t / pat-ngia̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bad⁵ ngiad⁶

• Northern Min (KCR): băi-ngṳè
• Eastern Min (BUC): báik-nguŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): poeh-ge̍rh / poeh-ge̍h / peh-goe̍h / poeh-gēr / peh-gōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boih⁴ ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷paq-yuq₈

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bayuè
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: bā-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayueh
    • Palladius: баюэ (bajue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ba² yue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹ ye²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: байүә (bayüə, I-II) / байүә (bayüə, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴ yə⁵¹/, /pa²⁴ yə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: baat yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad^ˋ ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² ŋi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad^ˋ ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² ŋi̯at̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bad⁵ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚¹ ŋiat̚⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: băi-ngṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai²⁴ ŋyɛ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: báik-nguŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ ɡəʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡəʔ⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /pue(ʔ)⁵⁻⁵³ ɡəʔ³⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Hsinchu, Magong, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehgeh
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡeʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /pue(ʔ)⁵ ɡeʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Taichung, Tainan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: peh-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehgoeh
    • IPA (Penang): /pe(ʔ)³⁻⁴ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡueʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-gēr
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-gēr
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: peh-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehgoe
    • IPA (Yilan): /pe(ʔ)²⁻⁵³ ɡue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boih⁴ ghuêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih gue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poiʔ²⁻⁴ ɡueʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷paq-yuq₈
    • MiniDict: pah^入 yuih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴paq-hhyq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /paʔ³³ ɦyɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

八月

1. August
2. eighth month of the Chinese calendar

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 八月子, 八月間子／八月间子
• (lunar month): 桂月 (Guìyuè), 瑩月／莹月, 虹月, 吟秋, 鴉月／鸦月, 壯月／壮月, 仲秋, 中秋 (zhōngqiū)

Derived terms

• 八月中秋 (bāyuè zhōngqiū)
• 八月十五 (bāyuè shíwǔ)
• 八月半
• 八月春
• 八月札
• 八月桂
• 八月白仔
• 八月節 / 八月节 (bāyuèjié)
• 八月花神
• 八月菊
• 四月寒，八月旱