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Definition(s) for: 元宵节

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
元宵节 yuán xiāo jié - Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 9 - 23,980 21,423

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yuán- surname Yuan
- Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
yuán- 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
xiāo- night
jiē- see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
jié- 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)

Other Words Containing 元宵节

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo