端午节 duānwǔjié in a sentence
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)†
端午节 (duānwǔjié) means Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) †. Below are 3 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
端午节 有赛龙舟的传统。
Duānwǔ Jié yǒu sài lóngzhōu de chuántǒng.
There is a tradition of dragon-boat racing at the Dragon Boat Festival.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 端午节
端午节 我们全家一起包粽子。
Duānwǔ Jié wǒmen quánjiā yìqǐ bāo zòngzi.
At the Dragon Boat Festival our whole family wraps rice dumplings together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 端午节
端午节 有赛龙舟的习俗。
Duānwǔ Jié yǒu sài lóng zhōu de xísú.
There is a custom of dragon-boat racing at the Dragon Boat Festival.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舟
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How is 端午节 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 端午节 (duānwǔjié, "Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) †"), 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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Is 端午节 an HSK word?
Yes — 端午节 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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