The Chinese word for May is
五月
wǔ yuèChinese Definition
| Components | |
| 五 | |
| 1. five | |
| 2. . Wu (mainland China, Taiwan), Ng (Hong Kong) | |
| 3. (printing) The size of type between 小五 (little 5) and 小四 (little 4), standardized as 10½ point. | |
| 4. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note la (6). | |
| 5. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note la (6). | |
| 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
| 五月 | |
| 1. n. May | |
| 2. n. modern name for the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
wǔ yuè
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