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十一月shí yī yuè
November
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十一月 | shíyīyuè |
1. n. November | |
2. n. (the modern name for the eleventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar) | |
English > Chinese | |
November | |
1. 名词. 十一月 | |
Components | |
十一 | shí一 |
1. num. eleven; 11 | |
2. num. one tenth | |
3. n. National Day of the People's Republic of China (1 October) | |
4. n. minority | |
一月 | yīyuè |
1. n. January | |
2. n. first month of the Chinese lunar calendar | |
十 | shí |
1. ten | |
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost | |
十分 - very | |
十全十美 - perfect | |
一 | 一 |
1. one | |
一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long | |
一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured | |
一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low | |
一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night | |
一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C | |
一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right | |
2. each; every | |
給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each. | |
3. single; alone | |
獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person | |
專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous | |
4. whole; entire; all: throughout | |
他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach. | |
5. same; identical | |
大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size | |
大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C | |
6. (classical) another; alternative | |
蟋蟀,一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī. | |
7. (formal) certain aforementioned | |
「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律 | |
8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb: | |
9. Indicating that the action has occurred only once | |
10. 看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look | |
11. 望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C | |
12. Indicating the intention to try | |
13. 算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it | |
14. 計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C | |
15. once; as soon as; upon | |
一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening. | |
我 一 拍 了 照片,她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight. | |
一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off | |
一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far? | |
16. (gay slang) top | |
一號 - yīhào - a top | |
17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die | |
18. =====Usage notes===== | |
19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣). | |
20. one | |
21. each; every | |
22. whole; entire; all | |
23. (Beijing) one | |
24. =====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 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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shí yī yuè
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