二月

Chinese

		two	moon; month
simp. and trad. (二月)		二	月

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): èryuè

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄩㄝˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): er⁴ yue²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): эрйүә (eryüə, III-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji⁶ jyut⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngei⁵ ngut⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngi-ngie̍t / ngi-ngia̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngi⁴ ngiad⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): er³ yeh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): nī-ngṳè
Eastern Min (BUC): nê-nguŏk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lī-ge̍rh / lī-ge̍h / jī-goe̍h / jī-ge̍h / gī-goe̍h / jī-gēr / jī-gōe

(Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁶ ghuêh⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-yuq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èryuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èryuè
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: èr-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellyueh
  - Palladius: эрюэ (erjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: er⁴ yue²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rye
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɚ²¹³ ye²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: эрйүә (eryüə, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛɻ⁴⁴ yə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ jyut⁶
  - Yale: yih yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² jyːt̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngei⁵ ngut⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡei³² ᵑɡut̚³²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-ngie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi ngied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ ngiad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-ngia̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi ngiad
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ ngiad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵ ŋi̯at̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi⁴ ngiad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵³ ŋiat̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: er³ yeh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /əɻ⁴⁵ yəʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-ngṳè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵ ŋyɛ⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nê-nguŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡi²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ŋuoʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ge̍rh
  - Tâi-lô: lī-ge̍rh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² ɡəʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /li²²⁻¹² ɡəʔ⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /li³¹⁻²² ɡəʔ³⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Philippines, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-ge̍h
  - Tâi-lô: lī-ge̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixgeh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /li⁴¹⁻²² ɡeʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-goe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: jī-gue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixgoeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ ɡueʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Tainan): /d͡zi³³⁻¹¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /d͡zi²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-ge̍h
  - Tâi-lô: jī-ge̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixgeh
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-goe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: gī-gue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixgoeh
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-gēr
  - Tâi-lô: jī-gēr
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-gōe
  - Tâi-lô: jī-guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixgoe
  - IPA (Yilan): /d͡zi³³⁻²¹ ɡue³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ri⁶ ghuêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĭ gue̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zi³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni-yuq
  - MiniDict: nyi^去 yuih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-hhyq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² ɦyɪʔ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: nyijH ngjwot

Rime
Character	二	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而至切	魚厥切
Baxter	nyijH	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪ^H/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵi^H/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɪ^H/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵi^H/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/ȵi^H/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑi^H/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi^H/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁶	jyut⁶

Noun

二月

February
The modern name for the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

(Xiang) 二月子, 二月間子／二月间子
(lunar month): 杏月 (Xìngyuè), 如月 (Rúyuè), 麗月／丽月 (Lìyuè), 花月, 柳月, 仲春, 酣春, 艷春／艳春, 芳春, 早春 (zǎochūn)

Derived terms

二月二
二月革命 (Èryuè Gémìng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
二	月
に Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
2月

二 (ni, “two”) +‎ 月 (-gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にがつ (Odaka – )
(Tokyo) にがつ (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

二(に)月(がつ) • (nigatsu)

February

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
二	月
きさらぎ
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 二月 – see the following entry.

【如月きさらぎ】

(archaic) the second month of the lunar calendar

(poetic) February

Alternative spellings
衣更着, 更衣

(This term, 二月, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
二	月

Noun

二月 • (iwol) (hangeul 이월)

Hanja form^? of 이월 (“February”).

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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

二月

Contents

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Etymology 2

References

Korean

Noun

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