moon in Chinese

How to write 月亮

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月亮 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 3. An intermediate band: enough vocabulary for everyday conversation and travel.

月亮 in a sentence

• 月yuè亮liàng很hěn圆yuán。

  The moon is very round.

• 今jīn晚wǎn的de月yuè亮liàng真zhēn美měi。

  The moon tonight is beautiful.

• 月yuè亮liàng出chū来lái了le。

  The moon came out.

• 我wǒ们men一yī起qǐ看kàn月yuè亮liàng吧ba。

  Let's watch the moon together.

月亮 vs 月 vs 月球

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 月 yuè month; moon

  月 alone = 'month' in speech, or literary 'moon'; 月亮 is the object you see in the night sky.

• 月球 yuè qiú the Moon (astronomical)

  The moon as a celestial body — 登上月球 'land on the moon'. 月亮 is the everyday word.