蜜月

Chinese[edit]

		honey	moon; month
simp. and trad. (蜜月)		蜜	月

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of English honeymoon

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mìyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ jyut⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): mĭk-nguŏk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t-goa̍t
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸miq-yuq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìyuè
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: mì-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihyueh
  - Palladius: миюэ (mijue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ jyut⁶
  - Yale: maht yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jyːt̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mĭk-nguŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miʔ⁵⁻³³ ŋuoʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-goa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: bi̍t-gua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bidgoat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴⁻³² ɡuat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴⁻² ɡuat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡuat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴⁻³² ɡuat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴⁻³² ɡuat̚⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁸miq-yuq
  - MiniDict: mih^入 yuih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵miq-hhyq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɪʔ¹¹ ɦyɪʔ²³/

Noun[edit]

蜜月

honeymoon
度蜜月 ― dù mìyuè ― to go on honeymoon

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (蜜月):

→ Japanese: 蜜月(みつげつ) (mitsugetsu)
→ Korean: 밀월(蜜月) (mirwol)
→ Vietnamese: mật nguyệt (蜜月)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
蜜	月
みつ Grade: S	げつ Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”) +‎ 月 (getsu, “moon, month”), calque of English honeymoon.^[1]^[2]

First cited to 1903.^[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) みつげつ [mìtsúgétsú] (Heiban – [0])^[4]^[2]^[5]
(Tokyo) みつげつ [mìtsúꜜgètsù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[4]^[2]^[5]
IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun[edit]

蜜(みつ)月(げつ) • (mitsugetsu)

[from 1903] a honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)

Synonyms[edit]

ハネムーン (hanemūn)
新婚旅行(しんこんりょこう) (shinkon ryokō)

Derived terms[edit]

蜜(みつ)月(げつ)旅(りょ)行(こう) (mitsugetsu ryokō, “honeymoon trip”)

References[edit]

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “蜜月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[SMK5-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-3] “蜜月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

[DJR-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-5] 5.0 ^5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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Noun[edit]

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