二月

Chinese

		two	moon; month
simp. and trad. (二月)		二	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): èryuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄩㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): er⁴ yue²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): эрйүә (eryüə, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji⁶ jyut⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngei⁵ ngut⁵

• Hakka

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

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi⁴ ngiad⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): er³ yeh⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): nī-ngṳè
• Min Dong (BUC): nê-nguŏk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī-ge̍rh / lī-ge̍h / jī-goe̍h / jī-ge̍h / gī-goe̍h / jī-gēr / jī-gōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁶ ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶gni-yuq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èryuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èryuè
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: èr-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellyueh
    • Palladius: эрюэ (erjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: er⁴ yue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɚ²¹³ ye²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: эрйүә (eryüə, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛɻ⁴⁴ yə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: yih yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² jyːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngei⁵ ngut⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡei³² ᵑɡut̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi⁵⁵ ɲi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi⁵⁵ ɲi̯at̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngi⁴ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi⁵³ ɲiat̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: er³ yeh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /əɻ⁴⁵ yəʔ²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-ngṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵ ŋyɛ⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nê-nguŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡi²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: lī-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² ɡəʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /li²²⁻¹² ɡəʔ⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /li³¹⁻²² ɡəʔ³⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lī-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixgeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /li⁴¹⁻²² ɡeʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: jī-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixgoeh
    • IPA (Tainan): /d͡ʑi³³⁻¹¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ ɡueʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Penang): /d͡ʑi²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi³³⁻²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: jī-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixgeh
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: gī-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixgoeh
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-gēr
    • Tâi-lô: jī-gēr
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: jī-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixgoe
    • IPA (Yilan): /d͡ʑi³³⁻²¹ ɡue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ri⁶ ghuêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĭ gue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ʑi³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-yuq
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³nyi-hhyq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²² ɦɥɪʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nyijH ngjwot

Rime
Character	二	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而至切	魚厥切
Baxter	nyijH	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪH/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiH/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɪH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiH/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑiH/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑiH/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6	jyut6

Noun

二月

1. February
2. The modern name for the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 二月子, 二月間子／二月间子
• (lunar month): 杏月 (Xìngyuè), 如月 (Rúyuè), 麗月／丽月 (Lìyuè), 花月, 柳月, 仲春, 酣春, 艷春／艳春, 芳春, 早春 (zǎochūn)

Derived terms

• 二月二
• 二月革命 (Èryuè Gémìng)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
二	月
に Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
2月

二 (ni, “two”) +‎ 月 (-gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にがつ​ [nìgátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) にがつ [nìgátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

二(に)月(がつ) • (nigatsu) 

1. February

See also

• 二(に)ヶ月(げつ) (nigagetsu)
• (Gregorian calendar months) 一(いち)月(がつ) (ichigatsu), 二(に)月(がつ) (nigatsu), 三(さん)月(がつ) (sangatsu), 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu), 五(ご)月(がつ) (gogatsu), 六(ろく)月(がつ) (rokugatsu), 七(しち)月(がつ) (shichigatsu), 八(はち)月(がつ) (hachigatsu), 九(く)月(がつ) (kugatsu), 十(じゅう)月(がつ) (jūgatsu), 十(じゅう)一(いち)月(がつ) (jūichigatsu), 十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) (jūnigatsu) ^{(Category: ja:Gregorian calendar months)}

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
二	月
きさらぎ
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 二月 – see the following entry.

【如月きさらぎ】 [noun] (archaic) the second month of the lunar calendar [noun] (poetic) February Alternative spellings 衣更着, 更衣

(This term, 二月, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
二	月

Noun

二月 • (iwol) (hangeul 이월)

1. Hanja form^? of 이월 (“February”).