# 八月
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bāyuè
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ba$^2$ yue$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): байүә (bayüə, I-II) / байүә (bayüə, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baat$^3$ jyut$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pat-ngie̍t / pat-ngia̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bad$^5$ ngiad$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): băi-ngṳè
* Eastern Min (BUC): báik-nguŏk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): poeh-ge̍rh / poeh-ge̍h / peh-goe̍h / poeh-gēr / peh-gōe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): boih$^4$ ghuêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$paq-yuq$_8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāyuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bayuè
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^1$-yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: bā-ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayueh
*** Palladius: баюэ (bajue)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ba$^2$ yue$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baye
*** Sinological IPA : /pa²¹ ye²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: байүә (bayüə, I-II) / байүә (bayüə, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pa²⁴ yə⁵¹/, /pa²⁴ yə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baat$^3$ jyut$^6$
*** Yale: baat yuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baat$^8$ jyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bad$^3$ yud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːt̚³ jyːt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-ngie̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: bad$^ˋ$ ngied
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bad$^5$ ngiad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /pat̚² ŋi̯et̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-ngia̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: bad$^ˋ$ ngiad
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bad$^5$ ngiad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /pat̚² ŋi̯at̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bad$^5$ ngiad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /pat̚¹ ŋiat̚⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: băi-ngṳè
*** Sinological IPA : /pai²⁴ ŋyɛ⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: báik-nguŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋuoʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-ge̍rh
*** Tâi-lô: pueh-ge̍rh
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ ɡəʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡəʔ⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /pue(ʔ)⁵⁻⁵³ ɡəʔ³⁵/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Hsinchu, Magong, Philippines, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-ge̍h
*** Tâi-lô: pueh-ge̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poehgeh
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡeʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /pue(ʔ)⁵ ɡeʔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Taichung, Tainan, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-goe̍h
*** Tâi-lô: peh-gue̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pehgoeh
*** IPA (Penang): /pe(ʔ)³⁻⁴ ɡueʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡueʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Tainan): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡueʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-gēr
*** Tâi-lô: pueh-gēr
** (Hokkien: Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-gōe
*** Tâi-lô: peh-guē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pehgoe
*** IPA (Yilan): /pe(ʔ)²⁻⁵³ ɡue³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: boih$^4$ ghuêh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih gue̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /poiʔ²⁻⁴ ɡueʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$paq-yuq$_8$
*** MiniDict: pah$^入$ yuih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$paq-hhyq$_5$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /paʔ³³ ɦyɪʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

八月
* August
* eighth month of the Chinese calendar

#### Synonyms

* (Xiang) 八月子, 八月間子／八月间子
* (lunar month): 桂月 (Guìyuè), 瑩月／莹月, 虹月, 吟秋, 鴉月／鸦月, 壯月／壮月, 仲秋, 中秋 (zhōngqiū)

#### Derived terms

* 八月中秋 (bāyuè zhōngqiū)
* 八月十五 (bāyuè shíwǔ)
* 八月半
* 八月春
* 八月札
* 八月桂
* 八月白仔
* 八月節／八月节 (bāyuèjié)
* 八月花神
* 八月菊
* 四月寒，八月旱

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 八 | 月 |
| はち Grade: 1 | がつ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 8月

### Etymology

八(はち) (hachi, “eight”) + 月(がつ) (gatsu, “month”)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はちがつ [hàchígátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [4]) noun
* (Tokyo) はちがつ [hàchígátsú] (Heiban – [0]) adverb
* IPA: [ha̠t͡ɕiɡa̠t͡sɨ]

### Noun

八(はち)月(がつ) • (hachigatsu)
* August

#### Synonyms

* 葉月(はづき) (hazuki)

### See also

* 八(はっ)ヶ月(げつ) (haggagetsu)
* (Gregorian calendar months) 一(いち)月(がつ) (ichigatsu), 二(に)月(がつ) (nigatsu), 三(さん)月(がつ) (sangatsu), 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu), 五(ご)月(がつ) (gogatsu), 六(ろく)月(がつ) (rokugatsu), 七(しち)月(がつ) (shichigatsu), 八(はち)月(がつ) (hachigatsu), 九(く)月(がつ) (kugatsu), 十(じゅう)月(がつ) (jūgatsu), 十(じゅう)一(いち)月(がつ) (jūichigatsu), 十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) (jūnigatsu)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 八 | 月 |

### Noun

八月 • (parwol) (hangeul 팔월)
* hanja form of 팔월 (“August”)

## Okinawan
### Etymology

Kanji in this term :
| 八 | 月 |
| はち Grade: 1 | ぐゎち Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
From 八 (hachi, “eight”) +‎ 月 (gwachi, “month”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hat͡ɕiɡʷat͡ɕi/

### Noun

八(はち)月(ぐゎち) (hachigwachi)
* the month of August

### References

* “はちぐぁち・はちぐゎち【八月・８月】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
* “ハチグヮチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).