拜年 meaning in English

bàinián

to pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year

HSK 7-915 strokes

Meaning of 拜年

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bàinián
  1. to pay a New Year call
  2. to wish sb a Happy New Year

拜年 in example sentences

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

大dà妈mā, 我wǒ们men给gěi您nín拜bài年nián来lái啦la!
Auntie, we’ve come to wish you a Happy New Year.

Stroke order for each character

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拜 bài · to bow · 9 strokes

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年 nián · year · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 拜年.

今年jīnniánthis year
去年qùniánlast year
明年míngniánnext year
半年bàn niánhalf a year
新年xīnniánNew Year
年轻niánqīngyoung
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
青年qīngniányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
周年zhōuniánanniversary; annual
年级niánjígrade; year (in school, college etc)
中年zhōngniánmiddle age

Questions about 拜年

What does 拜年 mean?

拜年 (bàinián) means "to pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year".

How do you write 拜年?

拜年 is made of 2 characters: 拜 (9 strokes), 年 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 拜年 an HSK word?

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