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HSK
March / third month (of the lunar year)
January / first month (of the lunar year)
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  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
HSK 5
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
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  *日* | 日* | *日
sun / day / date, day of the month
HSK 1
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
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  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
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  *未* | 未* | *未
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
HSK 7-9
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
new moon / first day of the lunar month
worker employed by the month
July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
September / ninth month
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  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
this month / the current month
last month
first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
first third of a month
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
each month
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
HSK 6
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  *仲* | 仲* | *仲
second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers
pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
last month
HSK 4
next month
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
midsummer / second month of summer
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
previous period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
middle third of a month
HSK 7-9
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
the three spring months
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
end of the month
HSK 4
solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days
month
HSK 2
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
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  *亥* | 亥* | *亥
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
(statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
February / second month (of the lunar year)
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  *孟* | 孟* | *孟
first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
first month of the lunar year
early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
HSK 5
fortnightly / twice a month
end of month / late in the month
the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心)
the first day of each month
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
start of month / early in the month
HSK 7-9
woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
months and year / time / days of one's life
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
2nd day of the month
the fifth / fifth day of a month
second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar
thirteenth day of a month
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  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
(TCM) menstruation that comes only once every three months
every month
meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)
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  *辰* | 辰* | *辰
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
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  *午* | 午* | *午
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族
next month
HSK 4
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  *季* | 季* | *季
season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
HSK 4
lunar month of 29 days
month-by-month / monthly / on a monthly basis
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵
(formal) a full month
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
monthly / in a single month
several months
banquet to celebrate a baby reaching one month of age
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
eleventh lunar month
month after month, year after year / year in, year out
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  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
15th of the month
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  *浣* | 浣* | *浣
to wash / to rinse / any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty) / Taiwan pr. [huan3] / also pr. [wan3]
twelfth lunar month
HSK 7-9
half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
month / also written 月份
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
May / fifth month (of the lunar year)

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