臘月

See also: 腊月

Chinese

		winter solstice sacrifice dried meat	month
trad. (臘月)		臘	月
simp. (腊月)		腊	月

Etymology

Refers to the ancient sacrificial ritual that occurred after the winter solstice called 臘祭／腊祭.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Làyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ jyut⁶
Min Nan (POJ): la̍h-ge̍h / la̍h-goe̍h / la̍h-ge̍rh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Làyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lahyueh
  - IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯œ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: laap⁶ jyut⁶
  - Yale: laahp yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ yud⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /läːp̚² jyːt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-ge̍h
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-ge̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqgeh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ geʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ geʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-goe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-gue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqgoeh
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ gueʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /la(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ gueʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-ge̍rh
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-ge̍rh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /la(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² gəʔ²⁴/

Proper noun

臘月

The twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Synonyms

(modern) 十二月 (shí'èryuè)
(archaic) 冰月, 嚴月／严月, 除月, 殘霜天／残霜天, 星回, 嘉平, 季冬 (Jìdōng), 嘉平, 窮節／穷节
(Min Nan) 十二月冬

See also

Month of the Year: 臘月／腊月 (Làyuè)
- Previous: 冬月 (Dōngyuè)
- Next: 正月 (zhēngyuè)

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