🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

月刊

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yuèkān

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Monthly/ˈmʌn.θli/
adjectivenounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是一本月刊。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Happening, done, or produced once a month.

    "We hold a monthly meeting to review progress."
As noun
  1. 1

    A magazine or periodical published once a month.

    "She subscribes to a literary monthly."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'monthly' originates from the Old English 'mōnath', which is derived from Proto-Germanic '*mēnôþs', referring to the lunar cycle. Over time, it evolved to denote anything occurring once every month.

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