month in Chinese

How to write 月

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月 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

月 in a sentence

• 一yī个gè月yuè有yǒu三sān十shí天tiān左zuǒ右yòu。

  A month has about thirty days.

• 下xià个gè月yuè我wǒ去qù中zhōng国guó。

  I am going to China next month.

• 这zhè个gè月yuè很hěn忙máng。

  This month is busy.

月 vs 月亮 vs 月份

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 月亮 yuè liang the moon

  Same character: 月 = 'month' or the bound 'moon'; 月亮 is the spoken word for the moon itself.

• 月份 yuè fèn month (of the year)

  The named month — 一月份 'January'. 月 is also the counter — 两个月 'two months' (never *两个月份).