春节

春节 chūnjié in a sentence

Chinese New Year (spring festival)

Full dictionary entry 8 sentences

春节 (chūnjié) means Chinese New Year (spring festival). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

春节 我要去看亲戚。

Chūnjié wǒ yào qù kàn qīnqi.

I am going to visit relatives at Spring Festival.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 亲戚

春节 的街上很热闹。

Chūnjié de jiē shàng hěn rènao.

The streets are lively at Spring Festival.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 热闹

春节 是农历正月初一。

Chūnjié shì nónglì zhēngyuè chūyī.

The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the first lunar month.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 农历

春节 的时候人们放鞭炮。

Chūnjié de shíhou rénmen fàng biānpào.

People set off firecrackers at Spring Festival.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 鞭炮

春节 是中国的传统节日。

Chūnjié shì Zhōngguó de chuántǒng jiérì.

Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 传统

春节 是中国最重要的节日。

Chūnjié shì Zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de jiérì.

Spring Festival is China's most important holiday.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 节日

春节 前大家都忙着采购年货。

Chūnjié qián dàjiā dōu mángzhe cǎigòu niánhuò.

Before the Spring Festival everyone is busy buying new-year supplies.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采购

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From the grammar library

春节 要到了。

Chūnjié yào dào le.

Spring Festival is nearly here.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen

Questions about 春节

How is 春节 used in a sentence?

This page shows 8 sentences using 春节 (chūnjié, "Chinese New Year (spring festival)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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