望月

望月

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	moon; month
trad. (望月)		望	月
simp. #(望月)		望	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàngyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqyueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngyuè
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: mohng yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ yud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² jyːt̚²/

Noun

望月

1. full moon

Synonyms

• 滿月／满月 (mǎnyuè)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
望	月
ぼう Grade: 4	げつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 望月 (mjang ngjwot, literally “to view from a distance + moon”), possibly from the way the moon is most easily observed when full.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ぼ​ーげつ [bóꜜògètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝ]

Noun

望月 (hiragana ぼうげつ, rōmaji bōgetsu, historical hiragana ばうげつ)

1. full moon
2. in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
望	月
もち Grade: 4	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 望 (mochi) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “moon”).[2][1] The mochi element is of uncertain derivation. It probably derives from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to possess; to keep, to maintain”), but the semantic relationship remains unclear. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) もち​づき [mòchíꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡ɕizɨᵝkʲi̥]

Noun

望月 (hiragana もちづき, rōmaji mochizuki)

1. full moon
2. in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon
3. more specifically, the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar month, the full moon of mid-autumn

Synonyms

• (full moon): 満月 (まんげつ) (mangetsu)

Proper noun

望月 (hiragana もちづき, rōmaji Mochizuki)

1. A surname​.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan