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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 小年夜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
小年夜 xiǎo nián yè - (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve
- (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)
- (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)

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
- - - 39,796 15,746

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
小 xiǎo- small
- tiny
- few
- young
年 nián- surname Nian
年 nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
年 nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]
夜 yè- night
夜 yè- variant of 夜[ye4]

Other Words Containing 小年夜

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