The Chinese word for August is
八月
bā yuèChinese Definition
| August | |
| 1. 名词. 八月 | |
| Components | |
| 八 | |
| 1. eight | |
| 2. many; numerous | |
| 3. (printing) pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point) | |
| 4. Short for 八卦 | |
| 5. to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in | |
| 6. (Cantonese) nosey; meddling | |
| 7. 八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman | |
| Ba | |
| 8. Variant of 捌 | |
| 月 | |
| 1. (literary or dialectal) moon | |
| 2. moon-shaped objects | |
| 3. (literary) moonlight | |
| 4. month | |
| Synonyms: 月份, wuu:號頭 | |
| 5. monthly | |
| 月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage | |
| 6. Variant of 肉 | |
| 7. Variant of 夕 | |
| 8. Variant of 明 |
Translations for 月 and their definitions
| 八月 | |
| 1. n. August | |
| 2. n. eighth month of the Chinese calendar |
| 8月 | |
| 1. n. Alternative form of 八月 |
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bā yuè
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