月日

Chinese

		moon; month	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (月日)		月	日
anagram		日月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ jat⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): guei⁷ dih⁷ / guei⁷ lih⁷
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ge̍h-li̍t / ge̍rh-li̍t / goe̍h-ji̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèrìh
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: ywè-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehryh
    • Palladius: юэжи (jueži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: yuht yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² jɐt̚²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: guei⁷ dih⁷ [Phonetic: guei⁵ lih⁷]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̍ih-di̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuei¹³⁻¹¹ ^(t-)liʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: guei⁷ lih⁷ [Phonetic: guei⁵ lih⁷]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuei²⁴⁻²¹ liʔ⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ge̍h-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: geqlit
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɡe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍rh-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ge̍rh-li̍t
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goe̍h-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: gue̍h-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goeqjit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻³ d͡zit̚⁴/

Noun

月日

1. (literary) moon and sun
2. (literary) date; time

   • 輯五瑞，擇吉月日，見四嶽諸牧，還瑞。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     辑五瑞，择吉月日，见四岳诸牧，还瑞。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jí wǔruì, zé jí yuèrì, jiàn sì yuè zhū mù, huán ruì. [Pinyin]

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3. (Hokkien, Suzhounese) month (duration)

   兩月日／两月日 [Hokkien]  ―  nn̄g goe̍h-ji̍t [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  two months

   • 自史太公死後，又早過了三四個月日。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     自史太公死后，又早过了三四个月日。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Zì Shǐ Tàigōng sǐ hòu, yòu zǎo guò le sān sì ge yuèrì. [Pinyin]

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Derived terms

• 半月日
• 後月日 / 后月日
• 成月日
• 排月日
• 逐月日
• 頂月日 / 顶月日