月季

Chinese

		moon; month	season; period
trad. (月季)		月	季
simp. #(月季)		月	季
anagram		季月

月季

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ gwai³
• Jin (Wiktionary): yeh⁴ ji³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸yuq-ci; ⁸yoq-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèjì → yuèji (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèji̊
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-chi⁵
    • Yale: ywè-ji
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh.jih
    • Palladius: юэцзи (jueczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /ɥɛ⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ gwai³
    • Yale: yuht gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kʷɐi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 月季 月桂

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: yeh⁴ ji³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /yəʔ² t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸yuq-ci; ⁸yoq-ci
    • MiniDict: yuih^入 ci; yoh^入 ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhyq-ji; ⁵hhioq-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyɪʔ¹¹ t͡ɕi²³/, /ɦioʔ¹¹ t͡ɕi²³/

Noun

月季

1. China rose (Rosa chinensis)
2. garden roses

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 月季 (“China rose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月季, 月季花, 月月紅
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	月季
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	月季花兒, 月季
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	月季花兒
	Wanrong	月季花
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	月菊花兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	月月開, 月月紅, 月季, 月季花
	Guiyang	四季花, 月月紅
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	月季, 月季花, 月月紅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	月月紅, 月季花
	Dongguan	月季
Gan	Pingxiang	月月紅
Hakka	Meixian	月季花
	Yudu	月月紅
Huizhou	Jixi	月季花
Jin	Taiyuan	月季
Southern Min	Xiamen	月月紅, 春仔花, 寶相, 日日春
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	綢春
	Zhangzhou	日日春
Central Min	Yong'an	月季花
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	月季花
Wu	Shanghai	月季花
	Suzhou	月季
	Ningbo	月季
	Wenzhou	月月紅

Derived terms

• 月季花 (yuèjìhuā)
• 雜交茶香月季 / 杂交茶香月季