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): ㄌㄚˋㄩㄝˋ

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Làyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋㄩㄝˋ
  - 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/
Min Nan
- (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/

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
(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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臘	月
ろう Hyōgaiji	げつ Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

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

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.

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