除夕

chú xī

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Uncommon

Definitions

1. lunar New Year's Eve

Word relationships

Register variants

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• 年夜 nián yè 年夜 nián yè lunar New Year's Eve 年夜也指农历除夕，但更口语化，常用于‘年夜饭’等短语: lunar New Year's Eve

Related words

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• 春节 chūn jié 春节 chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) 春节是农历新年，除夕是农历新年的前一天: Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
• 新年 xīn nián 新年 xīn nián New Year 新年泛指新一年的开始，除夕特指农历新年的前一天晚上: New Year

Usage notes

Collocations

‘除夕’通常与‘夜’搭配为‘除夕夜’，指除夕的晚上。

Common mistakes

注意‘除夕’不是‘春节’，春节是正月初一，除夕是腊月三十或二十九。

Example Sentences

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除夕 晚上，我们全家一起吃了年夜饭。

On New Year's Eve, our whole family had the reunion dinner together.

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Words Containing 除夕

• 小除夕 小除夕 xiǎo chú xī: the day before New Year's Eve

Child Words of 除夕

• 除 除 chú: to get rid of
• 夕 夕 xī: dusk