一月

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	moon; month
simp. and trad. (一月)		一	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yīyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄩㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): yi² yue²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jyut⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yit-ngie̍t / yit-ngia̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ ngiad⁶

• Min Nan (POJ): it--ge̍h / it--goe̍h
• Wu (Wiktionary): iq hhyq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yi² yue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹ ye²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jyut⁶
    • Yale: yāt yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid<sup>5</sup> ngiad<sup>6</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² ɲi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² ɲi̯at̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁵ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ ɲiat̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it--ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: it--ge̍h
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it--goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: it--gue̍h
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: iq hhyq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɪʔ³³ ɦɥ̯ɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

一月

1. January
2. The first month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Synonyms

• (solar month): 元月 (Yuányuè)
• (lunar month, common): 正月 (zhēngyuè), 元月 (Yuányuè)
• (lunar month, archaic): 端月 (duānyuè), 初月, 嘉月, 開歲／开岁, 新正 (xīnzhēng), 隅月, 孟月 (mèngyuè), 始春, 元春, 陬月 (Zōuyuè)

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
一	月
いち Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

一(いち) (ichi, “one”) + 月(がつ) (gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) いちがつ​ [ìchígátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

一(いち)月(がつ) • (ichigatsu) 

1. January

Synonyms

• 睦月(むつき) (mutsuki)
• 正月(しょうがつ) (shōgatsu)

Related terms

Japanese number-counter combinations for 月(つき) (tsuki)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	How many?
一(ひと)月(つき) (hitotsuki)	二(ふた)月(つき) (futatsuki)	三(み)月(つき) (mitsuki)	四(よ)月(つき) (yotsuki)	五(いつ)月(つき) (itsutsuki)	六(む)月(つき) (mutsuki)	七(なな)月(つき) (nanatsuki)	八(や)月(つき) (yatsuki)	九(ここの)月(つき) (kokonotsuki)	十(と)月(つき) (totsuki)	何(なん)月(つき) (nantsuki)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ひと​つき [hìtóꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

一月(ひとつき) • (hitotsuki) 

1. one month

See also

• 一(いっ)ヶ月(げつ) (ikkagetsu): for 1 month

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いちげ​つ [ìchígéꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

一月(いちげつ) • (ichigetsu) 

1. one month

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Korean

Hanja in this term
一	月

Noun

一月 • (irwol) (hangeul 일월)

1. Hanja form^? of 일월 (“the first month”).