例假

Chinese

		example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance	vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose
trad. (例假)		例	假
simp. #(例假)		例	假

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìjià

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ gaa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lē-ká / lī-kèe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìjià
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìjià
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-chia⁴
    • Yale: lì-jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihjiah
    • Palladius: лицзя (liczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ gaa³
    • Yale: laih ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² kaː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē-ká
    • Tâi-lô: lē-ká
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lexkar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³⁻²¹ ka⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le³³⁻¹¹ ka⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹⁻²² ka⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²²⁻²¹ ka⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-kèe
    • Tâi-lô: lī-kèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ kɛ²¹/

Noun

例假

1. official holiday; legal holiday
2. (euphemistic) menstrual period

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月經, 月信, 月事, 潮信 euphemistic
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	月經, 例假
	Taiwan	月經, 月事, 好朋友, 大姨媽
	Singapore	月經, 大姨媽
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	月經, 例假
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	經脈兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	月經, 身上
	Xining	例假
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	好事
	Dagudi (Maliba)	月經, 姊妹
	Reshuitang (Longling)	大姨媽
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	月經, 大姨媽
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	月經
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨媽, 姑婆, 例假
	Hong Kong	月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan	Lichuan	身上
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月期
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	月期
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	月期
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	月期
Jin	Taiyuan	月經
Southern Min	Xiamen	月經
	Quanzhou	月經
	Zhangzhou	月經
	Kaohsiung	月經
	Yilan	月經
	Changhua (Lukang)	月經
	Taichung	月事
	Taichung (Wuqi)	月經
	Tainan	mè-sù, 月經, 驚儂個
	Taitung	月經
	Hsinchu	月經
	Penghu (Magong)	月經
	Singapore (Hokkien)	月經
	Manila (Hokkien)	月經
	Jieyang	老馬
Wu	Shanghai	月經, 經水 dated, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
	Ningbo	大尿, 月家
	Wenzhou	身上來