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  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
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  *號* | 號* | *號
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
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  *日* | 日* | *日
sun / day / date, day of the month
HSK 1
month
HSK 2
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
HSK 3
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  *季* | 季* | *季
season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
HSK 4
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  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
end of the month
HSK 4
last month
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
HSK 5
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  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
HSK 5
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
HSK 6
start of month / early in the month
HSK 7-9
middle third of a month
HSK 7-9
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
first third of a month
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
previous period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *朢* | 朢* | *朢
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of
HSK 7-9
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *未* | 未* | *未
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
HSK 7-9
twelfth lunar month
HSK 7-9
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  *孟* | 孟* | *孟
first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
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  *戌* | 戌* | *戌
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
next month
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  *申* | 申* | *申
to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
each month
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  *臘* | 臘* | *臘
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
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  *閏* | 閏* | *閏
intercalary / an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
several months
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
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  *巳* | 巳* | *巳
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth; puerperium
July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
months and year / time / days of one's life
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  *午* | 午* | *午
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
month-by-month / monthly / on a monthly basis
this month / the current month
the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心)
March / third month (of the lunar year)
on that month
the same month
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
(of a baby) to reach one month of age / (fig.) to reach the one-month mark since the start, launch or implementation of sth / the full moon
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  *仲* | 仲* | *仲
second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers
Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days
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  *酉* | 酉* | *酉
10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
every month
midsummer / second month of summer
full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
January / first month (of the lunar year)
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
last month
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  *晦* | 晦* | *晦
(bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark; gloomy / (literary) night
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  *朔* | 朔* | *朔
beginning / first day of lunar month / north
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
end of the month
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  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
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  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
banquet to celebrate a baby reaching one month of age
early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)
to complete the month of confinement following childbirth / cf 坐月子
worker employed by the month
red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child
first month of the lunar year
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
the first day of each month
last few days of the month
May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
to celebrate a baby's one-month milestone (often with a banquet or gathering of family and friends)
lunar month of 30 days / same as 大建
eleventh lunar month
February / second month (of the lunar year)
15th of the month
fortnightly / twice a month
youngest brother / a period of two or three months
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school

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