元宵
yuán xiāo
Pinyin

Definition

元宵
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yuán xiāo
  1. Lantern Festival
  2. night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. see also 元夜[yuán yè]
  4. sticky rice dumplings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元
Yuán
  1. 1 surname Yuan
  2. 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
元宵
yuán xiāo
  1. 1 Lantern Festival
  2. 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. 3 see also 元夜[yuán yè]
  4. 4 sticky rice dumplings
元宵节
Yuán xiāo jié
  1. 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
元宝
Yuán bǎo
  1. 1 Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dān dōng shì], Liaoning
元旦
Yuán dàn
  1. 1 New Year's Day
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
元气
yuán qì
  1. 1 strength
  2. 2 vigor
  3. 3 vitality
  4. 4 (TCM) vital energy
元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
公元
gōng yuán
  1. 1 CE (Common Era)
  2. 2 Christian Era
  3. 3 AD (Anno Domini)
夜宵
yè xiāo
  1. 1 midnight snack
宵夜
xiāo yè
  1. 1 midnight snack
  2. 2 late-night snack
次元
cì yuán
  1. 1 dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
欧元
Ōu yuán
  1. 1 euro (currency)
欧元区
Ōu yuán qū
  1. 1 Eurozone
美元
Měi yuán
  1. 1 American dollar
  2. 2 US dollar
通宵
tōng xiāo
  1. 1 all night
  2. 2 throughout the night
一元
yī yuán
  1. 1 single variable (math.)
  2. 2 univariate
一元化
yī yuán huà
  1. 1 integration
  2. 2 integrated
  3. 3 unified
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
三元区
Sān yuán qū
  1. 1 Sanyuan district of Sanming city 三明市[Sān míng shì], Fujian

Idioms (6)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
良宵美景
liáng xiāo měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
行行出状元
háng háng chū zhuàng yuán
  1. 1 lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn
  1. 1 overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
  2. 2 day and night

Sample Sentences

过完除夕，最期待的节日就是正月十五的元宵节啦！
guò wán Chúxī ，zuì qīdài de jiérì jiùshì zhèngyuè shí wǔ de yuánxiāojié la ！
After Chinese New Year's Eve, the festival I most look forward to is Lantern Festival, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!
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我也是！元宵节那一天，家家户户都闹元宵，赏月，吃汤圆，赏灯，猜灯谜，可有意思了！
wǒ yě shì ！yuánxiāojié nà yī tiān ，jiājiāhùhù dōu nàoyuánxiāo ，shǎng yuè ，chī tāngyuán ，shǎng dēng ，cāi dēngmí ，kě yǒu yìsi le ！
Me too! On Lantern Festival, as every family is busy celebrating the festival, gazing at the moon, eating tangyuan, admiring the lanterns and guessing the riddles on the lanterns. It's so fun.
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可不是吗？元宵节将除夕开始的春节庆祝活动变得更热闹。过完了元宵节，春节也才算是真正结束。
kěbushì ma ？yuánxiāojié jiāng Chúxī kāishǐ de chūnjié qìngzhùhuódòng biànde gèng rènao 。guò wán le yuánxiāojié ，chūnjié yě cái suàn shì zhēnzhèng jiéshù 。
Isn't it just? Lantern Festival takes the celebration of Spring Festival that starts on Lunar New Year's Eve up a notch. It's only after Lantern Festival that Spring Festival really comes to an end.
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你知道吗？很多人都觉得中国的情人节是“七夕”，因为有牛郎织女的故事。可其实在古代，真正的情人节可是元宵节。
nǐ zhīdào ma ？hěn duō rén dōu juéde Zhōngguó de qíngrénjié shì “qīxī ”，yīnwèi yǒu niúláng zhīnǚ de gùshi 。kě qíshí zài gǔdài ，zhēnzhèng de qíngrénjié kě shì yuánxiāojié 。
Do you know? Many people think that Chinese Valentine's Day is Qixi Festival, because of the story of the cowherd and the weaver girl. But actually in ancient times, the real Valentine's Day was Lantern Festival.
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哈，我想到了，元宵节的时候那么热闹，大家都出来赏灯，写灯联，猜灯谜，有情的男女正可以趁这个机会出来约会呀！
hā ，wǒ xiǎngdào le ，yuánxiāojié de shíhou nàme rènao ，dàjiā dōu chūlái shǎng dēng ，xiě dēnglián ，cāi dēngmí ，yǒu de nánnǚ zhèng kěyǐ chèn zhè ge jīhuì chūlái yuēhuì ya ！
Ha. I know why! Around the time of Lantern Festival it is so bustling and everyone is admiring all the lanterns, writing lantern couplets and guessing the riddles on lanterns. So guys and girls in love could take the opportunity to meet!
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猜对了！就是“胖”字，这么厉害！看来你一定常常在元宵灯会的时候拿到奖品！
cāi duì le ！jiùshì “pàng ”zì ，zhème lìhai ！kànlai nǐ yīdìng chángcháng zài yuánxiāodēnghuì de shíhou ná dào jiǎngpǐn ！
You got it right! It's the character "胖". You're really good at this! You must win a lot of prizes at the lantern displays on Lantern Festival!
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有六个传统节日。春节，春节是农历正月初一，元宵节，元宵节是农历正月十五，清明节，清明节是四月五日,端午节，端午节是农历五月初五，中秋节，中秋节是农历八月十五，重阳节,重阳节是农历九月初九。
yǒu liù ge chuántǒng jiérì 。Chūnjié ，Chūnjié shì nónglì zhēngyuèchūyī ，Yuánxiāojié ，Yuánxiāojié shì nónglì zhēngyuèshíwǔ ，Qīngmíngjié ，Qīngmíngjié shì Sìyuè wǔ rì ,Duānwǔjié ，Duānwǔjié shì nónglì Wǔyuè chūwǔ ，Zhōngqiūjié ，Zhōngqiūjié shì nónglì Bāyuè shíwǔ ，Chóngyángjié ,Chóngyángjié shì nónglì jiǔ yuèchū jiǔ 。
There are six traditional festivals. The Spring Festival is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The Lantern Festival is the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The Ching Ming Festival is April 5th. The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Mid-Autumn Festival is the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. The Double Ninth Festival is the 9th day of the ninth lunar month.
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没错啊。我都觉得没什么心情过中秋节了。现在各种节日已经成为商家推销商品的一种手段，不仅传统节日要过，西方节日也要过。过完圣诞过新年，过完新年过春节，过完春节还有元宵节呢！简直是没完没了了。
méicuò ā 。wǒ dōu juéde méishénme xīnqíng guò zhōngqiūjié le 。xiànzài gèzhǒng jiérì yǐjīng chéngwéi shāngjiā tuīxiāo shāngpǐn de yīzhǒng shǒuduàn ，bù jǐn chuántǒng jiérì yào guò ，xīfāng jiérì yě yào guò 。guòwán shèngdàn guò xīnnián ，guòwán xīnnián guò chūnjié ，guòwán chūnjié hái yǒu yuánxiāojié ne ！jiǎnzhí shì méiwánméiliǎo le 。
Yeah. I don't even really feel like celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival. These days, every holiday has become just another method for businesses to flog their products. We don't just have to celebrate the traditional holidays, we also have to celebrate Western ones, too. As soon as you're done with Christmas, you have to celebrate the New Year, and after that it's Chinese New Year, and then the Lantern Festival. It just doesn't let up!
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