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Chinese New Year

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WOTD – 17 February 2026
A Chinese New Yearfirework display overVictoria Harbour,Hong Kong.
Alion dance at a Chinese New Year festival inChinatown inBoston,Massachusetts,United States.

Etymology

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FromChinese(adjective) +‎New Year(noun), the latter component matching the traditional name of the holiday,Mandarin新年(xīnnián,“New Year”):new(xīn) +year(nián).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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ChineseNew Year (pluralChinese New Years)

  2. AnannualChinesefestivalmarking thebeginning of thenew yearaccording to the Chineselunisolar calendar,starting on thefirstday of the firstlunar month andtraditionallyending on thefifteenth day when there is afull moon. It is oftencelebrated byvisitingfamily andfriends, andgivinggifts ofmoney inred envelopes (ang pows orhongbao).
    Synonyms:Chunjie,Yuan Tan
    Near-synonyms:Lunar New Year,Spring Festival(synonymous in context)
    • 1704, John Francis Gemelli Careri [i.e.,Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri], “[A Voyage Round the World […] Containing the Most Remarkable Things He Saw in China.] The Chinese New Year, and Solemn Festivals of the Lanthorns”, inAwnsham Churchill; John Churchill, compilers, translated by[anonymous],A Collection of Voyages and Travels, […], volume IV, London: […] Messrs. Churchill, for John Walthoe, […], published1732,→OCLC, part IV,page385, column 2:
      TheChin-yve[Chunjie], orChineſe nevv year, begins vvith the nevv moon that falls next to the 5th ofFebruary, or the 15th degree ofAquarius, vvhich divides into tvvo equal parts the ſpace betvveen tvvo points in the equinox, and ſolſtice; and on that day according to them, the ſun enters a ſign they callLie-chun, or the reſurrection of the ſpring.
    • 1883 November–December,[Arthur] Moule, “A Calendar of Flowers”, inThe Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume XIV, number 6, Shanghai:American Presbyterian Mission Press,→OCLC,page470:
      Very soon after theChinese New years day, in February, the fragrant orchid, the Lan-hua, is brought in from the hills for sale in great quantities, and may be seen and its fragrance noticed in many a Chinese home.
    • 2000 spring, Benjamin F. Schemmer, “Editorial: Pandering”, in Benjamin F. Schemmer, editor,Strategic Review, volume XXVIII, number 2, Boston, Mass.: United States Strategic Institute in association with the Center for International Relations,Boston University,→ISSN,→OCLC,page 3, column 1:
      Late in January a fusillade of Pentagon communiques announced that theChinese New Year would be upon us come early February. In over 60Chinese New Years, this was the first time the Pentagon has ever alerted us that another one was just around the corner, as if it were a cataclysmic event warranting some form of immediate action. Why the unusual preoccupation with the "Year of the Dragon"?
    • 2018, Stephen Ling,This is China, North Charleston, S.C.:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,→ISBN,page529:
      I was too old to receive a hongbao (theChinese New Year hongbao is strictly for children and teenagers and some young single adults) but before I left the LiuJiang village, Jake gave me a four-volume set ofA Dream Of Red Mansions … one of China's Four Great Classical Novels, considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature,[…]
    • 2019 February 5, Adrian Lim, “Multiracial CNY celebrations true to Singapore spirit: President Halimah”, inThe Straits Times‎[1], Singapore:Singapore Press Holdings,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on5 February 2019:
      In aChinese New Year video message posted on her Facebook page yesterday, PresidentHalimah Yacob said the fact that the celebrations here also commonly embrace those of other races is "true to the Singapore spirit".

Translations

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annual Chinese festival marking the beginning of the new year according to the Chinese lunisolar calendar

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