月亮 yuèliang — the moon

Meanings

1. 1

   the moon

   月 the moon plus 亮 bright, the second syllable unstressed. 月 alone now mostly means a month, so the full 月亮 is what names the thing in the sky.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 月

  yuè (fourth tone, falling)

  moon; month

  4 strokesRadical 月

Example sentences

• 今天晚上的月亮真大。Jīntiān (first tone, high and level) wǎnshang (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) yuèliang (fourth tone, falling) zhēn (first tone, high and level) dà. (fourth tone, falling)···

  The moon is really big tonight.

• 孩子问，月亮为什么是白的？/孩子問，月亮為什麼是白的？Háizi (second tone, rising) wèn, (fourth tone, falling) yuèliang (fourth tone, falling) wèishénme (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) bái (second tone, rising) de? (neutral tone)···

  The child asked why the moon is white.

Similar words

Words containing 月

• 月yuè (fourth tone, falling)month (of the calendar)
• 月份yuè (fourth tone, falling) fèn (fourth tone, falling)month
• 岁月/歲月suì (fourth tone, falling) yuè (fourth tone, falling)years
• 上个月/上個月shàng (fourth tone, falling) gè (fourth tone, falling) yuè (fourth tone, falling)last month
• 月球yuè (fourth tone, falling) qiú (second tone, rising)the moon
• 蜜月mì (fourth tone, falling) yuè (fourth tone, falling)honeymoon
• 月底yuè (fourth tone, falling) dǐ (third tone, dipping)end of the month
• 正月zhēng (first tone, high and level) yuè (fourth tone, falling)first month of the lunar year
• 月票yuè (fourth tone, falling) piào (fourth tone, falling)monthly ticket
• 日新月异/日新月異rì (fourth tone, falling) xīn (first tone, high and level) yuè (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling)daily renewal
• 月初yuè (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)start of month
• 月饼/月餅yuè (fourth tone, falling) bǐng (third tone, dipping)mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
• 腊月/臘月Là (fourth tone, falling) yuè (fourth tone, falling)twelfth lunar month
• 下个月/下個月xià (fourth tone, falling) gè (fourth tone, falling) yuè (fourth tone, falling)next month