腊 là
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 昔 past, former
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
腊月
làyuè
twelfth lunar month
Characters in this word
月 yuè
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 一进腊月，北方的集市就挤满了置办年货的人。 Yí jìn làyuè, běifāng de jíshì jiù jǐ mǎn le zhìbàn niánhuò de rén. As soon as the twelfth lunar month begins, markets in the north fill with people buying New Year goods.
- 腊月里天气很冷，大家都忙着准备过年。 Làyuè lǐ tiānqì hěn lěng, dàjiā dōu mángzhe zhǔnbèi guònián. It is very cold in the twelfth lunar month, and everyone is busy getting ready for the New Year.
- 奶奶每年腊月都会做很多香肠。 Nǎinai měi nián làyuè dōu huì zuò hěn duō xiāngcháng. Every twelfth lunar month, Grandma makes lots of sausages.
Related words
- 月 yuè month; moon
- 月份 yuèfèn month
- 月亮 yuèliang moon
- 上个月 shànggeyuè last month
- 下个月 xiàgèyuè next month
- 月底 yuèdǐ end of the month
- 岁月 suìyuè years; time
- 月饼 yuèbǐng mooncake
- 月球 yuèqiú the Moon
- 月光 yuèguāng moonlight
- 蜜月 mìyuè honeymoon; honeymoon period
- 日新月异 rìxīnyuèyì to change with each passing day; rapid progress