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春节
chūnjié
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English DefinitionSpring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Simplified Script春节
Traditional Script春節
Pinyinchūnjié
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)ceon1zit3
Part of Speech(名) noun
Topical Word Lists
Part of society/holidays/Chinese/traditional
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=4
Word Decomposition
chūnspring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life; (Chinese surname)
jiéfestival; holiday; node; joint; section; segment; part; to economize; to save; to abridge; moral integrity; measure word for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses

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Words With Same Head Word    
春天chūntiānspring (season)
春季chūnjìspringtime
春假chūnjiàspring break
春运chūnyùn(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
春秋chūnqiūspring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles); Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
Words With Same Tail Word    
六月节liùyuè jiéJuneteenth
季节jìjiétime; season; period
细节xìjiédetails; particulars
调节tiáojiéto adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)
情节qíngjiéplot; circumstances
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