半月

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	moon; month
simp. and trad. (半月)		半	月
anagram		月半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànyuè
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: bàn-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyueh
  - Palladius: баньюэ (banʹjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ jyut⁶
  - Yale: bun yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jyːt̚²/

Noun

半月

Synonyms

(fortnight): (Hokkien) 半月日

Derived terms

半月刊 (bànyuèkān)
半月板 (bànyuèbǎn)

Proper noun

半月

(～鎮) Banyue (a town in Dangyang, Yichang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
半	月
はん Grade: 2	げつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんげつ [háꜜǹgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋɡe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

半(はん)月(げつ) • (hangetsu)

half-moon
half a month; fortnight

See also

新(しん)月(げつ) (shingetsu, “new moon”)
月(つき)形(がた) (tsukigata, “a half moon or crescent moon shape”)
三(み)日(か)月(づき) (mikazuki, “crescent moon”)
凹(おう)月(げつ) (ōgetsu, “crescent moon”)
四(し)半(はん)月(つき) (shihantsuki), 四(し)半(はん)月(げつ) (shihangetsu, “quarter moon”)
凸(とつ)月(げつ) (totsugetsu, “gibbous moon”)
満(まん)月(げつ) (mangetsu, “full moon”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
半	月
はん Grade: 2	つき Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんつき [hàńtsúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) はんつき [hàńtsúkí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [hã̠nt͡sɨ̥kʲi]

Noun

半(はん)月(つき) • (hantsuki)

half a month

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN