齋戒月

Chinese

		to fast	moon; month
trad. (齋戒月)		齋戒	月
simp. (斋戒月)		斋戒	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhāijièyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaai¹ gaai³ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhāijièyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhaijièyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Chai¹-chieh⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Jāi-jyè-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jaijiehyueh
    • Palladius: Чжайцзеюэ (Čžajczejue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaai¹ gaai³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: jāai gaai yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai¹ gaai³ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zai¹ gai³ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːi̯⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³ jyːt̚²/

Proper noun

齋戒月

1. (Islam) Ramadan (month of fasting)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 齋月 (“Ramadan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		齋月, 齋戒月
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	齋月, 齋戒月
	Singapore	齋月
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	齋月
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	Рамазани
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	勒末作月, 齋月, 來麥丹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	齋月, 齋戒月