How to say “New Year's Eve” in Chinese
New Year's Eve (lunar)
“New Year's Eve” in Chinese is 除夕, chú xī: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
除夕 is read chú xī: 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
A drawing of a crescent moon: it's 月 minus one stroke. Appears in 多 and 名.
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 “除夕”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 除夕. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 除夕晚上，我们一家人一起吃年夜饭。chúxīwǎnshang,wǒmenyìjiārényìqǐchīniányèfànOn New Year's Eve our whole family has the New Year's Eve dinner together.
- 除夕是全家团圆的日子。chúxīshìquánjiātuányuánderìziNew Year’s Eve is the day when the whole family gets together.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “New Year's Eve” in Chinese?
“New Year's Eve” in Chinese is 除夕, pinyin chúxī.
What does 除夕 mean?
除夕 (chúxī) means “New Year's Eve (lunar)”.
How do you write 除夕?
除夕 is 2 characters: 除 (chú) — remove; except; 夕 (xī) — evening. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 除夕?
除夕 is read chúxī. Tones: chú — second tone, xī — first tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“New Year's Eve” in the lesson “New Year's Eve”
This word is from the topic “Traditions and thought” of HSK 5. 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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