斋月

齋月
zhāiyuè
noun #46,234

Meanings

  1. 1 Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting

Examples

HSK 4
Jīnnián de zhāiyuè zhènghǎo gǎnshàng xiàtiān, báitian tèbié cháng.
This year Ramadan falls in summer, when the days are especially long.
HSK 6
Zhāiyuè lǐ, mùsīlín báitian bù chī bù hē.
During Ramadan, Muslims neither eat nor drink in the daytime.

Tips

culture
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, so it comes about eleven days earlier each year. It starts and ends with the sighting of the new crescent moon and closes with 开斋节 (Eid al-Fitr), called 肉孜节 in Xinjiang.

Stroke Order

斋 zhāi
月 yuè