八月

八月

Chinese

		eight	moon; month
simp. and trad. (八月)		八	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bāyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): ba² yue²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): байуә (bajuə, I-II) / байуә (bajuə, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ jyut⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-ngie̍t / pat-ngia̍t
• Min Dong (BUC): báik-nguŏk
• Min Nan

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boih⁴ ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): paq hhyq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bayuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ba² yue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹ ye²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: байуә (bajuə, I-II) / байуә (bajuə, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː²⁴ ʝuɤ⁵¹/, /paː²⁴ ʝuɤ²⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: baat yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /päːt̚³ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad<sup>5</sup> ngiad<sup>6</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² ɲi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² ɲi̯at̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: báik-nguŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ gəʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ gəʔ⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Hsinchu, Magong, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehgeh
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ geʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /pue(ʔ)⁵ geʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Taichung, Tainan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: peh-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehgoeh
    • IPA (Penang): /pe(ʔ)³⁻⁴ gueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ gueʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ gueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-gēr
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-gēr
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: peh-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehgoe
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boih⁴ ghuêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih gue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poiʔ²⁻⁴ ɡueʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: paq hhyq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̱ʔ³³ ɦɥ̯ɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

八月

1. August
2. eighth month of the Chinese calendar

Synonyms

• (lunar month): 桂月 (Guìyuè), 瑩月／莹月, 虹月, 吟秋, 鴉月／鸦月, 壯月／壮月, 仲秋, 中秋 (zhōngqiū)

Derived terms

八月中秋 (bāyuè zhōngqiū) 八月十五 (bāyuè shíwǔ) 八月半 八月春 八月札

八月桂 八月節／八月节 (bāyuèjié) 八月花神 八月菊 四月寒，八月旱

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	月
はち Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

八 (はち) (hachi, “eight”) + 月 (がつ) (gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) はちがつ​ [hàchígátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) はちがつ [hàchígátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕiɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

八月 (hiragana はちがつ, rōmaji hachigatsu)

1. the month of August

Synonyms

• 葉月 (はづき) (hazuki)

See also

• 八 (はっ)ヶ月 (げつ) (hakkagetsu)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
八	月

Noun

八月 • (parwol) (hangeul 팔월)

1. Hanja form^? of 팔월 (“August”).