月牙

月牙

Chinese

		moon; month	tooth; ivory
simp. and trad. (月牙)		月	牙
variant forms		月芽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ ngaa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuèyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehya
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ i̯ä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuèyár
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄚˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyal
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ jɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: yuht ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ nga⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² ŋäː²¹/

Noun

月牙

1. crescent moon
2. crescent-shaped object

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 月眉仔, 月痕仔, 月眉意

Derived terms

月牙泉 (Yuèyáquán)

月牙鏟／月牙铲