有年無月

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	year	not have	moon; month
trad. (有年無月)		有	年	無	月
simp. (有年无月)		有	年	无	月
Literally: “knowing the year, but not the month”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒuniánwúyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): uh⁶ ning² bo² gue²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ū-nî-bô-goe̍h / ū-nî-bô-ge̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuniánwúyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuniánwúyuè
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-nien²-wu²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: yǒu-nyán-wú-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeounianwuyueh
    • Palladius: юняньуюэ (junjanʹujue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: uh⁶ ning² bo² gue² [Phonetic: uh⁶ ning² bo⁵ gue²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: uh-níng-beó-go̍ih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uʔ¹ niŋ¹³ po¹³⁻²¹ kuei¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: uh⁶ ning² bo² gue² [Phonetic: uh⁶ ning² bo⁵ gue²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uʔ² niŋ¹³ pɵ¹³⁻²¹ kuei¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-nî-bô-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ū-nî-bô-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxni'boi'goeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ nĩ²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ ɡueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-nî-bô-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ū-nî-bô-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxni'boi'geh
    • IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡeʔ⁴/

Idiom

有年無月

1. something that drags on indefinitely without a set deadline or time limit

Synonyms

• 有年無日／有年无日 (yǒuniánwúrì)
• (Hokkien, Puxian Min) 有暝無日／有暝无日

References

• 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “有年無月”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 63
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “有年无月”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 559.