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除夕

chúxī
nounHSK 5

“Lunar New Year's Eve” in Chinese is 除夕 (chúxī).

Meaning

  • lunar New Year's Eve

Example

尤其是在中国北方，包饺子、吃饺子，已经成为大多数家庭欢度除夕的一个重要活动。

Especially in northern China, wrapping and eating dumplings has become an important activity for happily spending New Year's Eve in many households.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

chúHSK 39 strokesto get rid ofxīHSK 53 strokessunset; dusk

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Not to be confused with: 出息 (chūxi, to yield interest, profit etc) · 出席 (chūxí, to attend)