Chinese Word of the Day

五月
wǔ yuè

May

Definitions

Components
五	wǔ
1. five
2. Wu (mainland China, Taiwan), Ng (Hong Kong)
3. (printing) The size of type between 小五 (little 5) and 小四 (little 4), standardized as 10½ point.
月	yuè
1. usage. Do not confuse (lang, mul, 月) with m, mul, ⺼, sc=Hani, a form of m, mul, 肉, , flesh, meat when used as the left-hand radical of a character. m, mul, ⺼, sc=Hani is used for parts of the body such as m
2. (literary) moon
3. moon-shaped objects
4. month
5. monthly
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