住月
Chinese
to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop |
moon; month | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (住月) |
住 | 月 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zyu6 jyut6-2
- Yale: jyuh yút
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzy6 jyt9-2
- Guangdong Romanization: ju6 yud6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡syː²² jyːt̚²⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
住月
- (Cantonese) to go through yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 坐月子 (“to go through postpartum confinement”) [map]