满月酒

滿月酒

mǎnyuèjiǔ

noun

Meanings

1 full-month banquet, held when a baby turns one month old
2 baby's one-month celebration

Characters

banquet (lit. wine)

Examples

HSK 6

他们在酒店摆了二十桌满月酒，请了所有的亲戚朋友。

Tāmen zài jiǔdiàn bǎi le èrshí zhuō mǎnyuèjiǔ, qǐng le suǒyǒu de qīnqi péngyou.

They laid on twenty tables for the full-month banquet at a hotel and invited all their relatives and friends.

HSK 7-9

表姐的孩子满月了，周末我们去喝满月酒。

Biǎojiě de háizi mǎnyuè le, zhōumò wǒmen qù hē mǎnyuèjiǔ.

My cousin's baby is a month old, so this weekend we're going to the full-month banquet.

Tips

culture

酒 here means a feast, as in 喜酒 'wedding banquet', so 喝满月酒 means to attend one. Guests bring a 红包 for the baby, and the family hands out red-dyed eggs.

Stroke Order

满 mǎn

月 yuè

酒 jiǔ