月旦評

See also: 月旦评

Chinese
first day of a lunar month; to judge; to assess
 
to discuss; to comment; to criticize
to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)
trad. (月旦評) 月旦 評
simp. (月旦评) 月旦 评

Pronunciation

Verb

月旦評

  1. (literary, historical) to critically assess someone's moral character, arising from Xu Shao's habit of doing so on the first day of each lunar month

Japanese
Kanji in this term
月 旦 評
げつ
Grade: 1		 たん > げっ
Grade: S		 ひょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) げったんひょー [gèttáńhyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) げった​んひょー [gèttáꜜǹhyòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡe̞t̚tã̠ɰ̃ço̞ː]

Noun

月旦評(げったんひょう) • (gettanhyō) 

  1. to critically assess someone's moral character, arising from Xu Shao's habit of doing so on the first day of each lunar month
    Synonym: 品定め

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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