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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Làyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лайүә (layüə, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ jyut⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h-ge̍h / la̍h-goe̍h / la̍h-ge̍rh / la̍p-goa̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Làyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Làyuè
  - Wade–Giles: La⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: Là-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lahyueh
  - Palladius: Лаюэ (Lajue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лайүә (layüə, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /la²⁴ yə⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laap⁶ jyut⁶
  - Yale: laahp yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² jyːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-ge̍h
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-ge̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqgeh
  - IPA (Taipei): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡeʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-goe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-gue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqgoeh
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /la(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡueʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-ge̍rh
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-ge̍rh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /la(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡəʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍p-goa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: la̍p-gua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: labgoat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lap̚⁴⁻³² ɡuat̚⁴/

Proper noun

臘月

twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Synonyms

(modern) 十二月 (shí'èryuè)
(archaic) 冰月 (Bīngyuè), 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
(Hokkien) 十二月冬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臘	月
ろう Hyōgai	げつ Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーげつ [róꜜògètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

臘(ろう)月(げつ) • (rōgetsu)

(archaic) the twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Synonym: 師走 (shiwasu)

References

^ “臘月” in Weblio Dictionary.

[1] “臘月” in Weblio Dictionary.

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