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六月liù yuè
June
Definitions
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| 六月 | liùyuè | |
| 1. n. June | ||
| 2. n. sixth month of the Chinese calendar | ||
| 3. n. (dialectal Wu) summer | ||
| Components | ||
| 六 | liù, lù | |
| 1. six | ||
| 六 城 - Six Cities (a literal translation of Altishahr, an ancient name for the region Xinjiang/East Turkestan) | ||
| 2. (printing) small text; The size of type between little 6, standardized as 7½ point. | ||
| 3. (dialectal) proficient | ||
| 4. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable | ||
| 5. . (pronounced Lù) | ||
| 6. name of an ancient state (pronounced Lù), also found in placenames (e.g., tr=Lù'ān Lu'an, Anhui, China) | ||
| 7. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5). | ||
| 8. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5). | ||
| 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 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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Pronunciation
liù yuè
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