yuè fèn
mois
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这个月份的天气很好。
Zhège yuèfèn de tiānqì hěn hǎo.
The weather this month is very good.
我上个月去了北京。
Wǒ shàng ge yuèfèn qùle Běijīng.
I went to Beijing last month.
下个月我要去上海。
Xià ge yuèfèn wǒ yào qù Shànghǎi.
I will go to Shanghai next month.
月 (yuè)
month
箇月 (gè yuè)
month
星期 (xīngqī)
week
天 (tiān)
day
The Chinese word 月份 (yuèfèn) for "month" is composed of two characters: 月 (yuè) and 分 (fèn). The character 月 originally meant "moon" and was used to represent the concept of a month in the Chinese calendar. The character 分 originally meant "to divide" or "to separate" and was used to indicate a fraction or a part of something. When combined, the two characters 月份 literally mean "moon part" or "moon division", referring to the division of time into months.The word 月份 has been used in Chinese for centuries and is still commonly used today to refer to a month. It is also used in other East Asian languages, such as Japanese and Korean, with similar meanings.
