月子

Chinese

moon; month
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad.
(月子)
anagram 子月

Pronunciation


Noun

月子

  1. the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in; puerperium
  2. time of childbirth
  3. (dialectal) moon

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 出月子 (chūyuèzi)
  • 坐月子 (zuòyuèzi)
  • 月子房
  • 月子病 (yuèzibìng)
  • 鬧小月子闹小月子

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つき
Grade: 1

Grade: 1

Proper noun

(つき)() • (Tsukiko) 

  1. a female given name
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