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十二月shí èr yuè
December
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 十二月 | shí'èryuè |
| 1. n. December | |
| 2. n. twelfth month of the Chinese calendar | |
| English > Chinese | |
| December | |
| 1. 十二月份 | |
| 2. 十二月 | |
| Components | |
| 十二 | shí'èr |
| 1. num. twelve; 12 | |
| 十二 宵夜 - twelve nights | |
| 二月 | èryuè |
| 1. n. February | |
| 2. n. The modern name for the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar. | |
| 十 | shí |
| 1. ten | |
| 2. (figurative) topmost; utmost | |
| 十分 - very | |
| 十全十美 - perfect | |
| 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 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 | |
Pronunciation
shí èr yuè
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