MONTH    月

PERIOD of APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS into which the YEAR is DIVIDED.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for a month is yuè 月, and this word is current already in OBI where it is translatable as "moon" referring literally to a lunar period. One might mention here: 2. Huì 晦 refers to the last day of a month. 3. Shuò 朔 refers to the first day of every month. 4. Wàng 望 refers to the full moon, the sixteenth or seventeenth day of a lunar month. 5. Xián 弦 refers to the half full moon, period around 7th/8th and 22nd/23rd day of a lunar month.
Modern Chinese Criteria
月 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Part of
  • WEEKPERIOD of TYPICALLY 7 OR 10 DAYS into which the MONTH is DIVIDED.
Hypernym
  • PERIOD　TIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 20)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.71

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 623

    • Words (8 items)

    月  yuè OC: ŋod MC: ŋi̯ɐt 13 Attributions

    The general term for a month is yuè 月, and this word is current already in OBI where it is translatable as "moon" referring literally to a lunar period.

      Syntactic words
    • nmonth
    • nmonthsCH
    • nadVtimeevery month, month by month; once a month
    • npost-V{NUM}NUMth monthDS
    • vt(oN)indicate the month for a contextually determinate event
    • vtoNdeclarativespecifiy the month for an event, provide the month for an event (in the annals)
    閏  rùn OC: njuns MC: ȵʷin 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabintercalary month
    • vtoNdeclarativedeclare N an intercalary month
    正月  zhēng yuè OC: tjeŋ ŋod MC: tɕiɛŋ ŋi̯ɐt 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPfirst month of the year
    三月  sān yuè OC: saam ŋod MC: sɑm ŋi̯ɐt 1 Attribution
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    • NPadSin the third month
    晦  huì OC: hmɯɯs MC: huo̝i 1 Attribution

    Huì 晦refers to the last day of a month.

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • nlast day of the month
    中呂  zhōng lǚ OC: krluŋ ɡ-raʔ MC: ʈuŋ li̯ɤ 0 Attributions
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    • NPFourth Month of the lunar calendar
    一月  yī yuè OC: qliɡ ŋod MC: ʔit ŋi̯ɐt 0 Attributions
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    • NPpost-N.adSin the specified first lunar month
    弦  xián OC: ɡeen MC: ɦen 0 Attributions

    Xián 弦 refers to the half full moon, period around 7th/8th and 22nd/23rd day of a lunar month.

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