How to say “pay a New Year call” in Chinese
pay a New Year call
“Pay a New Year call” in Chinese is 拜年, bài nián: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
拜年 is read bài nián: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left you can see 手 “hand”: people bowed with their hands joined.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “拜年”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 拜年. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 初一早上我们去给长辈拜年chūyīzǎoshang,wǒmenqùgěizhǎngbèibàiniánOn the morning of New Year’s Day, we go to wish our elders a happy New Year.
- 我来给您拜年了wǒláigěinínbàiniánleI’ve come to wish you a happy New Year!
More words from the lesson “Festivals: lanterns, yuanxiao and zongzi”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “pay a New Year call” in Chinese?
“Pay a New Year call” in Chinese is 拜年, pinyin bàinián.
What does 拜年 mean?
拜年 (bàinián) means “pay a New Year call”.
How do you write 拜年?
拜年 is 2 characters: 拜 (bài) — bow; pay a visit; 年 (nián) — year. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 拜年?
拜年 is read bàinián. Tones: bài — fourth tone, nián — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“pay a New Year call” in the lesson “Festivals: lanterns, yuanxiao and zongzi”
This word is from the topic “China’s history and traditions” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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