过年(guò nián): to celebrate the Chinese New Year
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- guò nián
- Meaning
- to celebrate the Chinese New Year
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 過年
Example sentences
How 过年 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
庆祝春节俗称过年。
qìng zhù chūn jié sú chēng guò nián
Celebrating Spring Festival is commonly referred to as 'passing the year'.
在中国，提到过年，许多人想到的都是一家围在一起包饺子。
zài zhōng guó tí dào guò nián xǔ duō rén xiǎng dào de dōu shì yī jiā wéi zài yī qǐ bāo jiǎo zǐ
If you mention New Year in China, the image that many people will think of is a family gathered around wrapping dumplings together.
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