月桂

Chinese

		moon; month	Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (月桂)		月	桂
anagram		桂月

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèguì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ gwai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuèguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuèguèi
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-kuei⁴
  - Yale: ywè-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehguey
  - Palladius: юэгуй (jueguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ gwai³
  - Yale: yuht gwai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ gwai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ guei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kʷɐi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    月季
    月桂

Noun

月桂

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)
(literary, Chinese mythology) sweet osmanthus on the Moon
(literary, figurative) the Moon; moonlight
(literary, figurative, historical) passing the imperial examination and winning a title

Derived terms

月桂冠 (yuèguìguān)
月桂樹／月桂树 (yuèguìshù)
月桂酸 (yuèguìsuān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	桂
げつ > げっ Grade: 1	けい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

月(げっ)桂(けい) • (gekkei)

(Chinese mythology) the laurel tree that grows on the moon
(subsequently) the moon
(by extension) moonlight
Clipping of 月桂樹 (gekkeiju, “laurel, Laurus nobilis”).
- 1922, 芥川龍之介 [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa], 神神の微笑 [The Gods' Smile]:
  
  庭(にわ)の橄欖(カンラン)や月桂(げっけい)は、ひっそりと夕闇(ゆうやみ)に聳(そび)えていた。
  Niwa no kanran ya gekkei wa, hissori to yūyami ni sobiete ita.
  The garden's white olives and laurels towered silently in the twilight.

Derived terms

月桂冠(げっけいかん) (gekkeikan, “laurel wreath”)

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