四月

Chinese

		four	moon; month
simp. and trad. (四月)		四	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sìyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄩㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si⁴ yue²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыйүә (sɨyüə, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei³ jyut⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhei¹ ngut⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): si-ngie̍t / si-ngia̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xi⁴ ngiad⁶

• Northern Min (KCR): si̿-ngṳè
• Eastern Min (BUC): sé-nguŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sì-ge̍rh / sì-ge̍h / sì-goe̍h / sì-gēr / sì-gōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si³ ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sy-yuq; ⁵sy-yoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyuè
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyueh
    • Palladius: сыюэ (syjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si⁴ yue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹³ ye²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыйүә (sɨyüə, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁴⁴ yə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: sei yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ jyːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhei¹ ngut⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬei³³ ᵑɡut̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ ŋi̯at̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xi⁴ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵³ ŋiat̚⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: si̿-ngṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³ ŋyɛ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sé-nguŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: sì-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡəʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /si²¹⁻⁴² ɡəʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /si³¹⁻⁵³ ɡəʔ³⁵/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /si¹²⁻⁵³ ɡəʔ⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sì-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'geh
    • IPA (Singapore): /si²¹⁻⁴² ɡeʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ɡeʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡeʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sì-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'goeh
    • IPA (Singapore): /si²¹⁻⁴² ɡueʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /si²¹⁻³³ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ɡueʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-gēr
    • Tâi-lô: sì-gēr
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: sì-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'goe
    • IPA (Yilan): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ɡue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si³ ghuêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì gue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɡueʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-yuq; ⁵sy-yoq
    • MiniDict: sy^去 yuih; sy^去 yoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-hhyq; ²sr-hhioq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ ɦyɪʔ⁴⁴/, /sz̩³³ ɦioʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sijH ngjwot

Rime
Character	四	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息利切	魚厥切
Baxter	sijH	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪH/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siH/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɪH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siH/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/siH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/siH/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siH/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3	jyut6

Noun

四月

1. April
2. The modern name for the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 四月間／四月间, 四月間子／四月间子
• (lunar month): 梅月 (Méiyuè), 清和 (Qīnghé), 初夏 (chūxià), 麥月／麦月, 桐夏, 餘月／余月, 孟夏 (Mèngxià), 純月／纯月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	月
し Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
4月

Etymology

四(し) (shi, “four”) + 月(がつ) (gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しがつ​ [shìgátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) しがつ [shìgátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

四(し)月(がつ) • (shigatsu) 

1. April

Synonyms

• 卯月(うづき) (uzuki)

See also

• 四(よん)ヶ月(げつ) (yongagetsu)
• (Gregorian calendar months) 一(いち)月(がつ) (ichigatsu), 二(に)月(がつ) (nigatsu), 三(さん)月(がつ) (sangatsu), 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu), 五(ご)月(がつ) (gogatsu), 六(ろく)月(がつ) (rokugatsu), 七(しち)月(がつ) (shichigatsu), 八(はち)月(がつ) (hachigatsu), 九(く)月(がつ) (kugatsu), 十(じゅう)月(がつ) (jūgatsu), 十(じゅう)一(いち)月(がつ) (jūichigatsu), 十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) (jūnigatsu) ^{(Category: ja:Gregorian calendar months)}

Korean

Hanja in this term
四	月

Noun

四月 • (sawol) (hangeul 사월)

1. Hanja form^? of 사월 (“April”).