How to say “New Year's Eve dinner” in Chinese
New Year's Eve dinner
“New Year's Eve dinner” in Chinese is 年夜饭, nián yè fàn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
年夜饭 is read nián yè fàn: 3 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, 饣 “food”.
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 “年夜饭”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 年夜饭. 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.
- 吃年夜饭有很多讲究chīniányèfànyǒuhěnduōjiǎngjiuThe New Year's Eve dinner has lots of rules of its own.
- 我们一起吃年夜饭吧wǒmenyìqǐchīniányèfànbaLet's have the New Year's Eve dinner together.
More words from the lesson “New Year's Eve”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “New Year's Eve dinner” in Chinese?
“New Year's Eve dinner” in Chinese is 年夜饭, pinyin niányèfàn.
What does 年夜饭 mean?
年夜饭 (niányèfàn) means “New Year's Eve dinner”.
How do you write 年夜饭?
年夜饭 is 3 characters: 年 (nián) — year; 夜 (yè) — night; 饭 (fàn) — food, cooked rice. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 年夜饭?
年夜饭 is read niányèfàn. Tones: nián — second tone, yè — fourth tone, fàn — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.
“New Year's Eve dinner” 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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