元
宵
节

Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar in Chinese: 元宵节 (yuán xiāo jié)

yuán xiāo jié

Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 元宵節1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

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元
宵
节

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄩㄢˊ

yuán

ㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄠ

xiāo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄐㄧㄝˊ

jié

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

元宵节

Simplified

元宵節

Traditional

Example sentences

See 元宵节 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 元宵节我们一起去看花灯。

    yuán xiāo jié wǒ men yì qǐ qù kàn huā dēng。

    On the Lantern Festival we go to see the lanterns together.

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Related words

元

yuán

currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)

节

jié

joint

季节

jì jié

time

节目

jié mù

program

节日

jié rì

holiday

节约

jié yuē

to economize

单元

dān yuán

unit (forming an entity)

公元

gōng yuán

CE (Common Era)

节省

jié shěng

saving

细节

xì jié

details

元旦

yuán dàn

New Year's Day

春节

chūn jié

Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)

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