大月

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	moon; month
simp. and trad. (大月)		大	月
anagram		月大

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyut⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): duâi-nguŏk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-goe̍h / tōa-ge̍h
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶du-yuq₈; ⁶du-gniuq₈; ⁶du-yoq₈; ⁶du-gnioq₈ / ²dou₆-ngeq₈

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàyuè
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: dà-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyueh
  - Palladius: даюэ (dajue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ jyut⁶
  - Yale: daaih yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyːt̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-nguŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ŋuoʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-goe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-gue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxgoeh
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ge̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-ge̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxgeh
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶du-yuq₈; ⁶du-gniuq₈; ⁶du-yoq₈; ⁶du-gnioq₈
  - MiniDict: du^去 yuih^入; du^去 nyuih^入; du^去 yoh^入; du^去 nyoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-hhyq₅; ³du-nyyq₅; ³du-hhioq₅; ³du-nyioq₅
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² ɦyɪʔ⁴⁴/, /du²² n̠ʲyɪʔ⁴⁴/, /du²² ɦioʔ⁴⁴/, /du²² n̠ʲioʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²dou₆-ngeq₈
  - MiniDict: dou^去 ngeh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dəu²² ŋəʔ³³/

Noun

大月

“big or long month”, particularly
1. (Chinese calendar) 30-day month, traditionally determined by observation
2. (Gregorian calendar) 31-day month: January, March, May, July, August, October, December

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大月 (“long month”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大月, 大建 †, 大盡 †
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	大盡 †
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大盡 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	月大, 大盡
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大盡 †
	Wanrong	大盡 †
	Xi'an	大節 †
	Xining	大盡 †
	Xuzhou	大盡 †
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大月
	Lanzhou	大經 †
	Ürümqi	大月, 大建 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	月大
	Wuhan	月大 †
	Guiyang	月大
	Liuzhou	月大
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	月大 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	月大
Cantonese	Dongguan	月大
Gan	Nanchang	月大 †
	Lichuan	大月
	Pingxiang	月大
Hakka	Meixian	月大 †
Hakka	Yudu	月大
Huizhou	Jixi	月大 †
Jin	Taiyuan	大盡 †
Jin	Xinzhou	大盡 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	大月 †
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大月, 月大 †
Southern Min	Jieyang	月大
	Leizhou	大股 †
	Haikou	股大 †
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	月大 †
Wu	Shanghai	月大, 大月
	Shanghai (Chongming)	大月 †
	Suzhou	月大 †, 大月 †
	Danyang	月大
	Hangzhou	月大
	Ningbo	月大 †
	Wenzhou	大月 †
	Jinhua	大月 †
Xiang	Changsha	月大 †
Xiang	Loudi	月大 †
Note	† - Chinese calendar

Antonyms

小月 (xiǎoyuè)

Etymology 2

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	moon; month
simp. and trad. (大月)		大	月
anagram		月大

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大月(おおつき) (Ōtsuki).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàyuè
  - Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: Dà-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahyueh
  - Palladius: Даюэ (Dajue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ jyut⁶
  - Yale: daaih yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyːt̚²/

Proper noun

大月

(～市) Ōtsuki (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	月
おお Grade: 1	つき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおつき [òótsúkí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːt͡sɨkʲi]

Proper noun

大(おお)月(つき) • (Ōtsuki)

Ōtsuki (places in Japan):
1. a city in Yamanashi Prefecture
2. a region of Sakuragawa, Ibaraki Prefecture
3. a region of Mizuho, Gifu Prefecture
4. a region of Ōno, Fukui Prefecture
5. a region of Eiheiji, Yoshida district, Fukui Prefecture
6. a region of Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture
7. a region of Inunohaka, Ichiba, Awa, Tokushima Prefecture
a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	月
おお Grade: 1	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞ːzɨkʲi]

Proper noun

大(おお)月(づき) • (Ōzuki)

Ōzuki (regions in Niigata Prefecture, Japan):
1. a region of Kita, Niigata
2. a region of Minamiuonuma
3. a region of Murakami