坐月

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Chinese[edit]

to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.) moon; month
simp. and trad.
(坐月)

Pronunciation 1[edit]


Verb[edit]

坐月

  1. (dialectal) to go through yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in
Synonyms[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (15) (31)
Final () (95) (68)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter dzwaX ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zuɑX/ /ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zuɑX/ /ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zuɑX/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zwaX/ /ŋuat̚/
Li
Rong
/d͡zuɑX/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/d͡zuɑX/ /ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱuɑX/ /ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zuò yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zo6 jyut6

Verb[edit]

坐月

  1. (literary) to sit under the moon