小月

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	moon; month
simp. and trad. (小月)		小	月
anagram		月小

Pronunciation 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小月

1. “small or short month”, particularly:
   1. (Chinese calendar) 29-day month, traditionally determined by observation
   2. (Gregorian calendar) 30-day month: April, June, September, November
   3. (Taiwan, slang) month in the off-season

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 月細／月细
• (Wu) 月小

Coordinate terms

• (all senses): 大月 (dàyuè)
• (Gregorian calendar): 二月 (èryuè)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyue

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄩㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyue
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyue̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-yüeh⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-ywe
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.iue
    • Palladius: сяоюэ (sjaojue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ɥɛ⁴/

Verb

小月

1. (colloquial, euphemistic) to have a miscarriage

Synonyms

• 流產／流产 (liúchǎn)
• 小產／小产 (xiǎochǎn)
• (Hakka) 損身仔／损身仔
• (Min, Taiwanese Mandarin) 落胎 (luòtāi)
• (Min Nan) 交落身, 脫胎／脱胎 (tuōtāi)