年夜饭 meaning in English

niányèfàn

reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 年夜飯21 strokes

Meaning of 年夜饭

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niányèfàn
  1. reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)

年夜饭 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

说shuō明míng年nián夜yè饭fàn的de饺jiǎo子zi是shì亲qīn人rén团tuán聚jù的de象xiàng征zhēng。
This means that eating dumplings on New Year's eve is a symbol of family reunion.
饺jiǎo子zi是shì年nián夜yè饭fàn桌zhuō上shàng必bì不bù可kě少shǎo的de。
Dumplings are essential at the New Year's Eve dinner table.

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年 nián · year · 6 strokes

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夜 yè · night · 8 strokes

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饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 年夜饭.

吃饭chīfànto have a meal; to eat
今年jīnniánthis year
去年qùniánlast year
午饭wǔfànlunch
饭店fàndiànrestaurant; hotel
晚饭wǎnfànevening meal; dinner
明年míngniánnext year
半年bàn niánhalf a year
新年xīnniánNew Year
早饭zǎofànbreakfast
米饭mǐfàn(cooked) rice
年轻niánqīngyoung

Questions about 年夜饭

What does 年夜饭 mean?

年夜饭 (niányèfàn) means "reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 年夜饭?

年夜饭 is made of 3 characters: 年 (6 strokes), 夜 (8 strokes), 饭 (7 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 年夜饭 an HSK word?

Yes. 年夜饭 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 年夜饭 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 年夜饭 is written 年夜飯.