月內
Chinese
| moon; month | inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (月內) | 月 | 內 | |
| simp. (月内) | 月 | 内 | |
| alternative forms | 月裡／月裏／月里 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-lāi
- Tâi-lô: ge̍h-lāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: geqlai
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lai²²/
- IPA (Singapore): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ lai²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lai³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍rh-lǎi
- Tâi-lô: ge̍rh-lǎi
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lai²²/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍rh-lāi
- Tâi-lô: ge̍rh-lāi
- IPA (Singapore): /ɡə(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ lai²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goe̍h-lāi
- Tâi-lô: gue̍h-lāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: goeqlai
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lai²²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lai³³/
- IPA (Singapore): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ lai²²/
- IPA (Penang): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻³ lai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-lǎi
- Tâi-lô: ge̍h-lǎi
- IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɡe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lai³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ghuêh8 lai6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gue̍h lăi
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɡueʔ⁴⁻² lai³⁵/
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: bhue6 lai6
- Sinological IPA: /buɛ³³ lai³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore)
Noun
月內
- (Southern Min, Puxian Min) the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in; puerperium
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 月子 (“postpartum confinement”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 月子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 月子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 月子窠兒, 月子窠兒裡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 月子 |
| Xuzhou | 月窩兒, 月子窩兒, 月地兒, 月子地兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 月子裡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 月裡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 月子底下 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 月子裡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 月子 |
| Xinzhou | 月子 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 月裡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 月內 |
| Quanzhou | 月內 | |
| Jinjiang | 月內 | |
| Zhangzhou | 月內 | |
| Tainan | 月內 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Leizhou | 月內 | |
| Haikou | 月內 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 月內 |
| Xianyou | 月內 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 月子裡, 月裡向, 舍姆裡 |
| Danyang | 月子裡 | |
| Wenzhou | 月裡 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese | |