明月

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	moon; month
simp. and trad. (明月)		明	月
anagram		月明

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 明月

1. bright moon (Classifier: 輪／轮; 彎／弯)

   • 人如天上的明月，是不可擁有。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     人如天上的明月，是不可拥有。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1987, (deprecated template usage) 李克勤 (Hacken Lee), (deprecated template usage) 月半小夜曲

     jan⁴ jyu⁴ tin¹ soeng⁶ dik¹ ming⁴ jyut⁶, si⁶ bat¹ ho² jung² jau⁵. [Jyutping]

     She, like the bright moon in the sky, is a person whom I cannot own.

   • 朋友罵我太狼狽，綴著妳玲瓏迺，毋知妳是我度過烏暗的明月。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     朋友骂我太狼狈，缀著你玲珑迺，毋知你是我度过乌暗的明月。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2014, (deprecated template usage) 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), (deprecated template usage) 上水的花 (“The Most Beautiful Flower”)

     Pêng-iú mē góa thài liông-pōe, tòe tio̍h lí lin-long se̍h, m̄ chai lí sī góa tō͘-kòe o͘-àm ê bêng-goe̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     My friends bash me for getting too exhausted by following you round and round, not knowing that you are the bright moon when I get through dark times.

2. (literary, figurative) pearl; jewel
3. (literary, figurative) teardrop
4. (literary) next month

Synonyms

• (bright moon): 皓月 (hàoyuè), (literary) 皎月 (jiǎoyuè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (明月):

• → Japanese: 明月(めいげつ) (meigetsu)
• → Korean: 명월(明月) (myeong'wol)
• → Vietnamese: minh nguyệt (明月)