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元宵节

Word definition:

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9

Character decomposition:

CharacterTot Str
Rad / Str
Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *元* | 元* | *元
4画
first; dollar; origin; head
1021.1
MMU
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *宵* | 宵* | *宵
10画
night, evening, dark
3022.7
JFB
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *节* | 节* | *节
5画
knot, node, joint; section
4422
TSL

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *元* | 元* | *元
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宵* | 宵* | *宵
night
  
  jiē
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *节* | 节* | *节
  
  jié
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *节* | 节* | *节
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)


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