皎月

Chinese

		bright; white	moon; month
simp. and trad. (皎月)		皎	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎoyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎoyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎoyuè
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeauyueh
    • Palladius: цзяоюэ (czjaojue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² jyut⁶
    • Yale: gáau yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ jyːt̚²/

Noun

皎月

1. (literary) bright moon

   • 夕陽已去，皎月方來。 [MSC, trad.]
     夕阳已去，皎月方来。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清《槳聲燈影裡的秦淮河》

     Xīyáng yǐ qù, jiǎoyuè fāng lái. [Pinyin]

     The sun had set and the bright moon had rose.

Synonyms

• 冰輪／冰轮 (bīnglún) (literary)
• 明月 (míngyuè)
• 皓月 (hàoyuè)