季月

Chinese

		season; period	moon; month
trad. (季月)		季	月
simp. #(季月)		季	月
anagram		月季

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìyuè
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: jì-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihyueh
    • Palladius: цзиюэ (czijue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: gwai yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwijH ngjwot

Rime
Character	季	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居悸切	魚厥切
Baxter	kjwijH	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiuɪH/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiH/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kjuɪH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwiH/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/kuiH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/kwiH/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwiH/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3	jyut6

Noun

季月

1. the last month of a season: the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th months of the Chinese lunar calendar

Coordinate terms

• 孟月 (mèngyuè)
• 仲月 (zhòngyuè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (季月):

• → Korean: 계월(季月) (gyewol)
• → Vietnamese: quý nguyệt (季月)