# 月日
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuèrì
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄖˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut$^6$ jat$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ge̍h-li̍t / ge̍rh-li̍t / goe̍h-ji̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuèrì
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄖˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuèrìh
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$-jih$^4$
*** Yale: ywè-r̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehryh
*** Palladius: юэжи (jueži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyut$^6$ jat$^6$
*** Yale: yuht yaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyt$^9$ jat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yud$^6$ yed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːt̚² jɐt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-li̍t
*** Tâi-lô: ge̍h-li̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: geqlit
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɡe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lit̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍rh-li̍t
*** Tâi-lô: ge̍rh-li̍t
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lit̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goe̍h-ji̍t
*** Tâi-lô: gue̍h-ji̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goeqjit
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ zit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻³ d͡zit̚⁴/

### Noun

月日
* (literary) moon and sun
* (literary) date; time
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Jí wǔruì, zé jí yuèrì, jiàn sì yuè zhū mù, huán ruì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Hokkien, Suzhounese) month (duration)
    兩月日／两月日 [Hokkien] ― nn̄g goe̍h-ji̍t [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― two month
    From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14th century CE
    Zì Shǐ Tàigōng sǐ hòu, yòu zǎo guò le sān sì ge yuèrì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* 半月日
* 後月日／后月日
* 成月日
* 排月日
* 逐月日
* 頂月日／顶月日

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 月 | 日 |
| つき Grade: 1 | ひ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 月 (tsuki, “moon, month”) +‎ 日 (hi, “sun, day”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つきひ [tsùkíꜜhì] (Nakadaka –)
* IPA: [t͡sɨ̥kʲiçi]

#### Noun

月(つき)日(ひ) • (tsukihi)
* the moon and sun
    Synonym: 日月 (jitsugetsu)
* time, years, days
    月(つき)日(ひ)が流(なが)れ… ― tsukihi ga nagare… ― Time goes by...
* daily life

##### Derived terms

* 月(ツキ)日(ヒ)貝(ガイ) (tsukihigai)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 月 | 日 |
| がつ > がっ Grade: 1 | ひ > ぴ Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi ||
Compound of 月 (gatsu, “month”) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) がっぴ [gàppí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡa̠p̚ʲpʲi]

#### Noun

月(がっ)日(ぴ) • (gappi)
* a date (month and day in the calendar)
    Synonym: 日付 (hizuke)

##### See also

* 年(ねん)月(がっ)日(ぴ) (nengappi)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

### Anagrams

* 日(ひ)月(つき) (hitsuki), 日(じつ)月(げつ) (jitsugetsu)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 月 | 日 |

### Noun

月日 • (woril) (hangeul 월일)
* hanja form of 월일 (“date (month, day)”)

## Old Japanese
### Etymology 1

Compound of 月 (tuki$_2$, “moon, month”) +‎ 日 (pi$_1$, “sun, day”).

#### Noun

月日 (tuki$_2$pi$_1$) (kana つきひ)
* the moon and sun
* time, months, days

##### Derived terms

* 歲月日 (to$_2$situki$_2$pi$_1$)

##### Descendants

* Japanese: 月日 (tsukihi)

### Etymology 2

Compound of 月 (tuku, “month”, eastern dialect) +‎ 日 (pi$_1$, “day”).

#### Noun

月日 (tukupi$_1$) (kana つくひ)
* (regional, Northern Eastern Old Japanese) time, months, days
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4378:都久比夜波須具波由氣等毛阿母志志可多麻乃須我多波和須例西奈布母tukupi$_1$ ya pa sugu pa yuke$_2$to$_2$mo amosisi ka tama no$_2$ sugata pa wasure-senapu moAlthough the months and days have passed, I will never forget my mother and father’s jewel-like beauty.

### Anagrams

* 日月 (pi$_1$tuki$_2$)