半月

半月

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	moon; month
simp. and trad. (半月)		半	月
anagram		月半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bànyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànyuè
    • IPA ^(key): /pän˥˩꜒꜔ ɥɛ˥˩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: bun yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /puːn˧ jyːt˨/

Noun

半月

1. half-moon
2. fortnight

Synonyms

• (fortnight): (Min Nan) 半月日

Proper noun

半月

1. (～鎮) Banyue (a town in Dangyang, Yichang, Hubei, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	月
はん Grade: 2	げつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
半	月
はん Grade: 2	つき Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Noun

半月 (hiragana はんげつ, rōmaji hangetsu)

1. half-moon
2. half a month; fortnight

Noun

半月 (hiragana はんつき, rōmaji hantsuki)

1. half a month

See also

• 新月 (しんげつ) (shingetsu): new moon
• 月形 (つきがた) (tsukigata): a half moon or crescent moon shape
• 三日月 (みかづき) (mikazuki): crescent moon
• 凹月 (おうげつ) (ōgetsu): crescent moon
• 四半月 (しはんつき) (shihantsuki), 四半月 (しはんげつ) (shihangetsu): quarter moon
• 凸月 (とつげつ) (totsugetsu): gibbous moon
• 満月 (まんげつ) (mangetsu): full moon