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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànyuè
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: bàn-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyueh
  - Palladius: баньюэ (banʹjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ jyut⁶
  - Yale: bun yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jyːt̚²/

Noun

半月

Synonyms

(fortnight): (Hokkien) 半月日

Derived terms

半月刊 (bànyuèkān)
半月板 (bànyuèbǎn)

Proper noun

半月

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

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(はん)月(げつ) • (hangetsu)

half-moon
half a month; fortnight

Noun

半(はん)月(つき) • (hantsuki)

half a month

See also

新(しん)月(げつ) (shingetsu): new moon
月(つき)形(がた) (tsukigata): a half moon or crescent moon shape
三(み)日(か)月(づき) (mikazuki): crescent moon
凹(おう)月(げつ) (ōgetsu): crescent moon
四(し)半(はん)月(つき) (shihantsuki), 四(し)半(はん)月(げつ) (shihangetsu): quarter moon
凸(とつ)月(げつ) (totsugetsu): gibbous moon
満(まん)月(げつ) (mangetsu): full moon

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