月下

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Chinese

		moon; month	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (月下)		月	下
anagram		下月

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèxià

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ haa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuèxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuèsià
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: ywè-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehshiah
  - Palladius: юэся (juesja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ haa⁶
  - Yale: yuht hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² haː²²/

Noun

月下

(literary) in the moonlight

Derived terms

月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	下
げつ > げっ Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げっか (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

月(げっ)下(か) • (gekka)

being moonlit, being under the moonlight

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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