nguyệt

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) ngoạt

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 月.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋwiət̚˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋwiək̚˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋwiək̚˨˩˨]

    Noun

    nguyệt

    1. (literary, archaic) the Moon
      • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “寶鏡警戒 Bảo kính cảnh giới 43”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
        𢚸(Lòng)踈(thơ)𠦳(ngàn)琰(dặm)月(nguyệt)巴(ba)更(canh).
        [Feeling that] the poetic inspiration [is now as wide as] a thousand miles, [standing] in the moon[light] in the third canh.
      • 2025, “Đầu mèo đuôi chuột”‎[1]performed by Phương Ly, MaiQuinn, Miu Lê, Tiên Tiên:
        ♀: Ơi, mới gặp anh
        Ánh mắt như ánh nguyệt
        Tướng trượng phu
        Phải thốt lên là "quá tuyệt"
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Romanization

    nguyệt

    1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 月

    Derived terms

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