端午节 duānwǔjié

1. Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 端午节, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

端午节 is written with 3 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

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What does 端午节 mean in English?

端午节 is pronounced duānwǔjié and means Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) †.

How do you pronounce 端午节?

端午节 is duānwǔjié in pinyin — written duanwujie without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 端午节?

端午节 is written with 3 characters: 端 (duān) End (proper), 午 (wǔ) Noon (11 a.m.-1 p.m. - 7th earthly branch), 节 (jié) Festival (verse - save). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 端午节 written in traditional Chinese?

端午節. The simplified form 端午节 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 端午節 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced duānwǔjié.

Is 端午节 an HSK word?

Yes — 端午节 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.