月桂

Chinese

		moon; month	Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (月桂)		月	桂
anagram		桂月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ gwai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèguèi
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-kuei⁴
    • Yale: ywè-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehguey
    • Palladius: юэгуй (jueguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ gwai³
    • Yale: yuht gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kʷɐi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 月季 月桂

Noun

月桂

1. bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)
2. (literary, Chinese mythology) sweet osmanthus on the Moon
3. (literary, figurative) the Moon; moonlight
4. (literary, figurative, historical) passing the imperial examination and winning a title

Derived terms

• 月桂冠 (yuèguìguān)
• 月桂樹／月桂树 (yuèguìshù)
• 月桂酸 (yuèguìsuān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	桂
げつ > げっ Grade: 1	けい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

月(げっ)桂(けい) • (gekkei) 

1. (Chinese mythology) the laurel tree that grows on the moon
2. (subsequently) the moon
3. (by extension) moonlight
4. Clipping of 月桂樹 (gekkeiju, “laurel, Laurus nobilis”).
   • 1922, 芥川龍之介 [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa], 神神の微笑 [The Gods' Smile]:

     庭(にわ)の橄欖(カンラン)や月桂(げっけい)は、ひっそりと夕闇(ゆうやみ)に聳(そび)えていた。

     Niwa no kanran ya gekkei wa, hissori to yūyami ni sobiete ita.

     The garden's white olives and laurels towered silently in the twilight.

Derived terms

• 月桂冠(げっけいかん) (gekkeikan, “laurel wreath”)