八月

Chinese

		eight	moon; month
simp. and trad. (八月)		八	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bāyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ jyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pat-ngie̍t / Pat-ngia̍t
• Min Nan (POJ): Peh--goe̍h / Poeh--ge̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Bāyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bayueh
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ y̯œ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: baat yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ yud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pat-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad<sup>5</sup> ngiad<sup>6</sup>
    • IPA: /pat̚² ɲi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pat-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ ngiad⁶
    • IPA: /pat̚² ɲi̯at̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Peh--goe̍h / Poeh--ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: Peh--gue̍h / Pueh--ge̍h

Noun

八月

1. August
2. eighth month of the Chinese calendar

Synonyms

• (lunar month): 桂月 (Guìyuè), 瑩月／莹月, 虹月, 吟秋, 鴉月／鸦月, 壯月／壮月, 仲秋, 中秋 (zhōngqiū)

Derived terms

• 八月十五 (bāyuè shíwǔ)

• 八月節／八月节 (bāyuèjié)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	月
はち Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

八 (はち) (hachi, “eight”) + 月 (がつ) (gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) はちがつ​ [hàchígátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
  • (Tokyo) はちがつ [hàchígátsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕiɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

八月 (hiragana はちがつ, rōmaji hachigatsu)

1. the month of August

Synonyms

• 葉月 (はづき) (hazuki)

See also

• 八 (はっ)ヶ月 (げつ) (hakkagetsu)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
八	月

Noun

八月 • (parwol) (hangeul 팔월)

1. Hanja form^? of 팔월, “August”.