月內

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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, POJ): ge̍h-lāi / ge̍rh-lǎi / ge̍rh-lāi / goe̍h-lāi / ge̍h-lǎi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghuêh⁸ lai⁶

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/

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”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Central Plains Mandarin	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
Jin	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
Puxian Min	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

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