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The Chinese word for January is
一月

yī yuè


Chinese Definition


January
     1. 名词. 一月
Components
     1. one
           一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
           一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
           一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
           一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
           一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
           一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
     2. each; every
           給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
     3. single; alone
           獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
           專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
     4. whole; entire; all: throughout
           他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
     5. same; identical
           大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
           大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
     6. (classical) another; alternative
           蟋蟀,一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
     7. (formal) certain aforementioned
           「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
     8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
     9.    Indicating that the action has occurred only once
     10.    看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
     11.    望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
     12.    Indicating the intention to try
     13.    算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
     14.    計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
     15. once; as soon as; upon
           一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
           我 一 拍 了 照片,她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
           一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
           一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
     16. (gay slang) top
           一號 - yīhào - a top
     17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
     18. =====Usage notes=====
     19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
     20. one
     21. each; every
     22. whole; entire; all
     23. (Beijing) one
     24. =====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

一月
     1. n. January
     2. n. first month of the Chinese lunar calendar



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Pronunciation


yī yuè

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