腊月

Mandarin

simpl.		腊月
trad.		臘月

Etymology

• Literally: sacrifice month
• Month of the Year: 腊月
  • Previous: 冬月
  • Next: 正月

Note: Any month in the Chinese calendar may be preceded or followed by an intercalary month, an irregular month inserted into the calendar to bring the lunar year in line with the solar year.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ la˥˩yɛ˥˩ ]

Noun

腊月 (simplified, Pinyin làyuè, traditional 臘月)

1. (Advanced Mandarin) traditional name for the twelfth of the twelve months of the Chinese calendar, each beginning on a new moon.

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: