正月
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Contents
Chinese[edit]
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 正月 | |||
Etymology[edit]
Note: Any month in the Chinese calendar may be preceded or followed by an intercalary month, an irregular month inserted into the calendar to bring the lunar year in line with the solar year.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
正月
- (literary) traditional name for the first of the twelve months of the Chinese calendar, each beginning on a new moon.
Synonyms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 正 | 月 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
正月 (hiragana しょうがつ, romaji shōgatsu)
Synonyms[edit]
- (New Year):
- 元旦 (がんたん, gantan): New Year's Day
- 元日 (がんじつ, ganjitsu): New Year's Day
Categories:
- Mandarin terms with audio links
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Chinese literary terms
- zh:Chinese months
- Mandarin literary terms
- Japanese terms spelled with 正
- Japanese terms spelled with 月
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese words with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Holidays
