Chinese Word of the Day
二月èr yuè
February
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
二月 | èryuè | |
1. n. February | ||
2. n. The modern name for the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar. | ||
Chinese > Chinese | ||
二月 | ||
1. 名词. 一年的第二個月。陽曆二月,平年有28日,閏年有29日。 | ||
English > Chinese | ||
February | ||
1. 名词. 二月 | ||
Components | ||
二 | èr | |
1. two | ||
二 號 線 (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2 | ||
2. second | ||
二哥 - second elder brother | ||
二意 - tr=èryì - | ||
二心 - tr=èrxīn - | ||
3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.) | ||
Synonyms: 々, 〻 | ||
4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands. | ||
※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value | ||
百 二 - one hundred twenty | ||
百 二 (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN | ||
買 電腦 花 了 一 千 二。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks. | ||
5. Short for "twenty cents". | ||
黃瓜 一 塊 二 一 斤。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram. | ||
6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way) | ||
你 這 人 怎麼 這麼 二! (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid! | ||
7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject) | ||
我 中文man4-2 二 咗,入 唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university. | ||
8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script | ||
不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò | ||
9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes. | ||
月 | yuè | |
1. (literary or dialectal) moon | ||
2. moon-shaped objects | ||
3. (literary) moonlight | ||
4. month | ||
Synonyms: 月份, wuu:號頭 | ||
5. monthly | ||
月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage | ||
6. Variant of 肉 | ||
7. Variant of 夕 | ||
8. Variant of 明 | ||
夕 | 夕 | |
1. night; evening; dusk | ||
2. Simplified form of 穸 | ||
3. Variant of 月 | ||
4. Variant of 明 | ||
明 | míng | |
1. bright; light; brilliant | ||
明月 - splendid moon | ||
2. clear; limpid (transparent; light-conducting; not obscured) | ||
窗明几淨 - a neat place (literally, "the window is clear, the desk is clean") | ||
3. manifest; apparent (easily seen, perceived, or detected) | ||
明顯 - obvious | ||
明瞭 - apparent; simple and clear | ||
明 槍 易 躲,暗箭 難 防 - It is easy to dodge an open attack, but difficult to defend against a concealed one. | ||
4. vision; sight (the ability to see) | ||
失明 - to be blind; to lose eyesight | ||
5. (of vision) acute; sharp; keen | ||
耳聰目明 - sharp at hearing and vision | ||
6. (figurative) intellect; knowledge; judgement; discernment; sensibility | ||
無明 - ignorance | ||
7. (figurative) intelligent; sensible; informed; wise | ||
明智 - wise; sensible | ||
英明 - wise | ||
8. to understand; to know | ||
講明 - to explain | ||
明事理 - sensible; capable | ||
你 唔 明 一定 要 出聲。 - If you don't understand you must speak up. | ||
我 真係 唔係 好 明 點解(……) - I really don't get why (…) | ||
9. evidently | ||
明知故問 - to ask intentionally a question one already knows the answer to | ||
10. (literary) to make known | ||
開宗明義 - to make clear the main idea at the beginning in one's speech or writing | ||
11. next; following | ||
明天 - tomorrow | ||
明年 - next year or the following year | ||
今 冬 明 春 - this winter and next spring | ||
12. (literary) tomorrow | ||
13. Ming dynasty | ||
14. , listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing | ||
15. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (ltc-l, 明) | ||
肉 | ròu, rù | |
1. meat; flesh | ||
豬肉 - pork | ||
牛肉 - beef | ||
我 從不 吃 肉。 - I never eat meat. | ||
這 種 魚 的 肉 異常 鮮美。 - The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy. | ||
不久,鬣狗 便可 飽餐一頓 這些 死 了 的 動物 的 肉。 - Soon, the hyenas could then feast on the flesh of these dead animals. | ||
2. (specifically) pork | ||
肉三鮮 的 餃子zi - three delicious ingredient pork dumpling | ||
蒜薹 炒 肉 - garlic chive and pork stir-fry | ||
3. body | ||
肉體 - physical body - | ||
4. flesh; pulp | ||
這 桃子zi 肉 味 甜 汁 多。 - The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy. | ||
5. (ACG) media; video | ||
生肉 - raws (not fansubbed videos or clips -) | ||
熟肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media) | ||
烤肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media, with detailed effects) | ||
6. (archaic) edge; brim; an outer part of a ring-shaped object (such as coin or jade annulus) | ||
7. (archaic, of sound and music) rich; substantial | ||
8. (dialectal Mandarin) spongy; squashy; flabby | ||
這 西瓜 瓤兒r 太 肉 了。 - The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy. | ||
9. (dialectal Mandarin) slow; sluggish | ||
這 個 人 做事 真 肉。 - This person does everything sluggishly. | ||
10. meat; flesh | ||
豬肉 - pork, MN | ||
牛肉 - beef, MN | ||
11. (specifically) pork | ||
肉骨 - pork ribs, MN | ||
12. flesh; pulp | ||
龍眼乾 肉 - flesh of dried longan, MN | ||
13. main part of an object | ||
刀肉 - blade of a knife or sword, MN | ||
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