Public
Holidays
zhong1guo2
zui4 zhong4yao4 de5 jie2ri4 shi4 shen2me5
中国最重要的节日是什么?
What is the most important public holiday in China?
Chun1jie2, zhong1qiu1jie2,
wu3yi1 guo2ji4 lao2dong4jie2 he2 shi2yi1 guo2qing4jie2
春节，中秋节，五一国际劳动节和十一国庆节。
The Spring holiday,
Lunar holiday, International Labour Day (1st May), National holiday
on 1st October.
Chun1jie2 shi4
shen2me5 jie2ri4
春节是什么节日?
What is the Spring
holiday?
Chun1jie2 shi4
zhong1guo2 xin1nian2 de5 di4yi1tian1
春节是中国新年的第一天。
The Spring Holiday
is the first day of the Chinese new year.
Chun1jie2 shi4
zhong1guo2 zui4zhong4yao4 de5 jie2ri4
春节是中国最重要的节日。
The Spring Holiday
is the most important holiday in China.
Zhong1qiu1jie2
shi4 yin1li4 ba1yue4 shi2wu3ri4
中秋节是阴历八月十五日。
The Lunar holiday
is the 15th August in the Chinese calendar.
Vocabulary
English
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Chinese
(phonetic) |
Chinese
(written) |
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Holiday
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Jie2
(jie2ri4) |
节
(
节日 )
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Important |
Zhong4yao4
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重要
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Spring
Holiday |
Chun1jie2
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春节
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New
Year |
Xin1nian2
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新年 |
First
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Di4yi1
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第一 |
First
day |
Di4yi1tian1
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第一天
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Labour
Day |
Lao2dong4jie2
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劳动节
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National
Holiday |
Guo2qing4jie2
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国庆节
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Lunar
Holiday |
Zhong1qiu1jie2
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中秋节
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Chinese
Character of the day
jie2 (party).
Chinese
New Year
The Chinese annually
celebrate two New Years: The New Year from the Western calendar and
the New Year from the Lunar calendar. The Lunar calendar is also known
as the agricultural calendar.
Following international
practice, China adopted some time ago the gregorian calendar which
celebrates the first day of the year on the 1st January.
The 1st January in
the lunar calendar is a different day for the Chinese, who celebrate
the Sping Holiday, which is one of their traditional holidays (the
most important holiday of all).
On Near Years eve (30th
December in the lunar calendar) the whole family gets together to
have dinner, which symbolizes family unity. The family stay awake
until the morning. On this holidays people visit their family and
friends and wish them a 'Happy New Year'.
