月牙

Chinese

		moon; month	tooth; ivory
trad. (月牙)		月	牙
simp. #(月牙)		月	牙
alternative forms		月芽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ ngaa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyá
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-ya²
    • Yale: ywè-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehya
    • Palladius: юэя (jueja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ jä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyár
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄚˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyár
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-ya²-ʼrh
    • Yale: ywè-yár
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyal
    • Palladius: юэяр (juejar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ jɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: yuht ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² ŋaː²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 月牙

1. crescent moon

   月牙彎彎／月牙弯弯  ―  yuèyá wānwān  ―  thin crescent moon

2. crescent-shaped object

Synonyms

• (crescent moon): 弦月 (xiányuè); (Min Nan) 月眉仔, 月痕仔, 月眉意, 月眉

Derived terms

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