数月

數月
shùyuè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 several months
  2. 2 a few months

Examples

Xiàngmù yánwù le shùyuè cái wánchéng.
The project was delayed several months before it was completed.
Tā zài guówài gōngzuòle shùyuè.
He worked abroad for several months.

Tips

register
Written/literary register. In speech (jǐ ge yuè) 'several months' is much more common; 数月 belongs to news headlines, formal reports, and essays.
mistakes
Here is read shù (fourth tone) meaning 'several', not shǔ 'to count'. Same you see in 数百 (shùbǎi) 'hundreds' and 数千 (shùqiān) 'thousands'.

Stroke Order

shù
yuè