蜜月
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Chinese
| honey | moon; month | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蜜月) |
蜜 | 月 | |
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mat6 jyut6
- Eastern Min (BUC): mĭk-nguŏk
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t-goa̍t
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8miq-yuq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mìyuè
- Wade–Giles: mi4-yüeh4
- Yale: mì-ywè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihyueh
- Palladius: миюэ (mijue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mat6 jyut6
- Yale: maht yuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: mat9 jyt9
- Guangdong Romanization: med6 yud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐt̚² jyːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mĭk-nguŏk
- Sinological IPA (key): /miʔ⁵⁻³³ ŋuoʔ⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-goa̍t
- Tâi-lô: bi̍t-gua̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: bidgoat
- IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴⁻³² ɡuat̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴⁻² ɡuat̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡuat̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴⁻³² ɡuat̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴⁻³² ɡuat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
蜜月
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (蜜月):
- → Japanese: 蜜月 (mitsugetsu)
- → Korean: 밀월(蜜月) (mirwol)
- → Vietnamese: mật nguyệt (蜜月)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜜 | 月 |
| みつ Grade: S |
げつ Grade: 1 |
| goon | kan'on |
Etymology
Compound of 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”) + 月 (getsu, “moon, month”), calque of English honeymoon.[1][2]
First cited to 1903.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
蜜月 • (mitsugetsu)
- a honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “蜜月”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN