齋月

See also: 斋月

Chinese

		a fast; studio	moon; month
trad. (齋月)		齋	月
simp. (斋月)		斋	月
Literally: “fasting month”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāiyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaai¹ jyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châi-ngie̍t / châi-ngia̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-ge̍h / chai-ge̍rh / chai-goe̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāiyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaiyuè
    • Wade–Giles: chai¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: jāi-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaiyueh
    • Palladius: чжайюэ (čžajjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaai¹ jyut⁶
    • Yale: jāai yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai¹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zai¹ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːi̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châi-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai´ ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châi-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai´ ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯at̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'geh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ ɡəʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'goeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² ɡueʔ¹²¹/

Noun

齋月

1. (Buddhism) three months of abstinence (first, fifth and ninth months)
2. (Islam) Ramadan

Synonyms

• (three months): 三長齋月／三长斋月, 三長月／三长月, 善月, 三齋月／三斋月
• (Ramadan): 賴買丹月／赖买丹月 (Làimǎidānyuè)

Dialectal synonyms of 齋月 (“Ramadan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		齋月, 齋戒月
Mandarin	Taiwan	齋月, 齋戒月
	Jinan	齋月
	Yinchuan	勒末作月, 齋月, 來麥丹
	Singapore	齋月
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	Рамазани
Cantonese	Hong Kong	齋月, 齋戒月