拜
年

To pay a New Year call in Chinese: 拜年 (bài nián)

bài nián

to pay a New Year call

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to pay a New Year call
  2. 2to wish sb a Happy New Year

Stroke order

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拜
年

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄞˋ

bài

ㄅ/ bㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 大年初一我们去给爷爷拜年。

    dà nián chū yī wǒ men qù gěi yé ye bài nián。

    On the first day of the new year we go wish grandpa a happy new year.

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Related words

年

nián

year

去年

qù nián

last year

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

年纪

nián jì

age

半年

bàn nián

half a year

今年

jīn nián

this year

明年

míng nián

next year

新年

xīn nián

New Year

过年

guò nián

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

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