Holidays in Chinese
Nǐhǎoma? Welcome to the Rocket Chinese lesson on Holidays. There are many 节日 jiérì celebrated in China throughout the year. The most famous and probably most important is 春节 chūnjié – also known as Spring Festival. It's celebrated in on the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year. At this time, the country is filled with fireworks.
Today we’ll go over this and several other holidays in Chinese that you might find just as important as the people in China do.
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Pronouncing holidays in Chinese
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春节
Spring Festival
圣诞节
Christmas
生日
Birthday
愚人节
April Fool's Day
复活节
Easter
父亲节
Father's Day
万圣节
Halloween
母亲节
Mother's Day
元旦
New Year's Day
劳动节
Labor Day
感恩节
Thanksgiving
儿童节
Children's Day
情人节
Valentine's Day
独立日
Independence Day
节日
Holidays/Festivals
That’s it for this lesson on holidays in Chinese. I hope you learned a lot! To practice these new words, try marking your calendar with the holidays and important days in your life in Chinese. You’ll start to remember them automatically after some practice!
For more lessons on Chinese vocabulary I recommend these!
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- Going on a spending spree? Know your vocabulary to do with shopping in Chinese.
- Understand signs in Chinese. A super handy lesson (especially if you need to go to the toilet!)
- DIY while in China? This lesson covers the essential vocab for tools in Chinese.
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