粵

月jyut6食sik6

jyut6 sik6yuè shí

English

  1. lunar eclipse
  2. lunar eclipse
  3. eclipse of the moon

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 當太陽、地球、月球嘅位置排成一直線,地球擋住咗照射向月球嘅陽光而形成嘅天文現象(量詞:次/個)

Examples

  • 你尋晚有冇睇月蝕呀?聽講係月全蝕嚟喎,個月亮會變紅色㗎。

    Did you watch the lunar eclipse last night? I heard it was a total lunar eclipse and the Moon turned red.

  • 月食是一種罕見的現象。

    An eclipse of the moon is a rare phenomenon.

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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