Word · Frequency #984
January
一月
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
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the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
一年的第一个月；冬至后10天开始
一年的第一个月；冬至后10天开始
In use
The new semester starts in January.
My sister was born in January.
January has thirty-one days.
in [month]
表示月份前通常用介词in。
The meeting is in January.
会议在一月举行。
[month] [ordinal]
日期序数词前可省略介词on。
My birthday is January 15th.
我的生日是一月十五日。
last [month]
last表示去年的同一个月份。
I visited Beijing last January.
我去年一月去了北京。
next [month]
next表示明年的同一个月份。
We plan to move next January.
我们计划明年一月搬家。
Connections
Collocations
- in January
- 在一月
- The new semester starts in January.新学期在一月开始。
- January sales
- 一月促销
- I bought this jacket during the January sales.我是在一月促销时买的这件夹克。
- early January
- 一月初
- We plan to travel in early January.我们计划一月初去旅行。
- late January
- 一月底
- The project is due in late January.项目一月底截止。
- January 1st
- 一月一日
- January 1st is New Year's Day.一月一日是元旦。
- January weather
- 一月的天气
Learner notes
Memory Tip
January 谐音‘站牛瑞’，想象年初站在牛背上，寓意牛年大吉。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：calendar dates、scheduling、historical events January 是标准月份名称，中性正式，常用于日历、日程和历史记载等正式或中性场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending '-ary' but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme with January.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.