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The Chinese word for February is
二月

èr yuè


Chinese Definition


February
     1. 名词. 二月
Components
     1. two
           二 號 線 (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2
     2. second
           二哥 - second elder brother
           二意 - tr=èryì -
           二心 - tr=èrxīn -
     3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.)
           Synonyms: 々, 〻
     4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
           ※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value
           百 二 - one hundred twenty
           百 二 (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN
           買 電腦 花 了 一 千 二。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
     5. Short for "twenty cents".
           黃瓜 一 塊 二 一 斤。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
     6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
           你 這 人 怎麼 這麼 二! (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
     7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
           我 中文man4-2 二 咗,入 唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
     8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script
           不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò
     9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes.
     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 and their definitions

二月
     1. n. February
     2. n. The modern name for the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.


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