正月初一

正
月
初
一
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar

Characters and words in 正月初一

正
zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1
first month of the lunar year
正
zhèng = zh + (e)ng4
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
正 = 一 + 止 : Mnemonic symbol: a stick-figure with straight lines. James II of England (zh) really has to use the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), but there's a stick-figure (正) blocking the stalls with a barrier (止). The stick-figure measures with a flute (一) whether James is tall enough to go. James stands very straight (正) to make himself as tall as possible.
正
月
first month of the lunar year
月
yuè = yu + e4
moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
月 = ⺆ + 二 : Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.
月
初
start of month / early in the month
初
chu̅ = chu + Ø1
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
初 = 刀 + 衤 : Back in the days when Chantal Chicken first arrived at the space station as the first junior scientist, she tried really hard to make a good first impression and put on a royal ermine coat. Just to be save she hid a cleaver behind her back just in case she wouldn't be received well.
初
一
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

Words with 正月初一

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Sentences with 正月初一

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