月下

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

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• 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

1. (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 [géꜜkkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞k̚ka̠]

Noun

月(げっ)下(か) • (gekka) 

1. being moonlit, being under the moonlight

Derived terms

• 月下美人(ゲッカビジン) (gekkabijin)