半月

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	moon; month
simp. and trad. (半月)		半	月
anagram		月半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànyuè
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: bàn-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyueh
    • Palladius: баньюэ (banʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: bun yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jyːt̚²/

Noun

半月

1. half-moon
2. fortnight

Synonyms

• (fortnight): (Hokkien) 半月日

Derived terms

• 半月刊 (bànyuèkān)
• 半月板 (bànyuèbǎn)

Proper noun

半月

1. (～鎮) Banyue (a town in Dangyang, Yichang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
半	月
はん Grade: 2	げつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんげつ [háꜜǹgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋɡe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

半(はん)月(げつ) • (hangetsu) 

1. half-moon
2. half a month; fortnight

See also

• 新(しん)月(げつ) (shingetsu, “new moon”)
• 月(つき)形(がた) (tsukigata, “a half moon or crescent moon shape”)
• 三(み)日(か)月(づき) (mikazuki, “crescent moon”)
• 凹(おう)月(げつ) (ōgetsu, “crescent moon”)
• 四(し)半(はん)月(つき) (shihantsuki), 四(し)半(はん)月(げつ) (shihangetsu, “quarter moon”)
• 凸(とつ)月(げつ) (totsugetsu, “gibbous moon”)
• 満(まん)月(げつ) (mangetsu, “full moon”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
半	月
はん Grade: 2	つき Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんつき [hàńtsúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) はんつき [hàńtsúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠nt͡sɨ̥kʲi]

Noun

半(はん)月(つき) • (hantsuki) 

1. half a month