"Christmas Eve" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
平安夜 píng ān yè Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve
圣诞前夕 聖誕前夕 shèng dàn qián xī Christmas eve
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
圣诞 聖誕 shèng dàn Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday
圣诞节 聖誕節 shèng dàn jié Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas
圣诞老人 聖誕老人 shèng dàn lǎo rén Father Christmas / Santa Claus
圣诞树 聖誕樹 shèng dàn shù Christmas tree
前夜 qián yè the eve / the night before syn
夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})
前夕 qián xī eve / the day before syn
除夕 chú xī lunar New Year's Eve syn
圣诞卡 聖誕卡 shèng dàn kǎ Christmas card
压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
临战 臨戰 lín zhàn just before the contest / on the eve of war
年夜饭 年夜飯 nián yè fàn New Year's Eve family dinner
大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
耶诞节 耶誕節 yē dàn jié Christmas (Tw)
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)
耶稣降临节 耶穌降臨節 yē sū jiàng lín jié Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
圣诞岛 聖誕島 shèng dàn dǎo Christmas Island, Australia
圣诞快乐 聖誕快樂 shèng dàn kuài lè Merry Christmas
圣诞颂 聖誕頌 shèng dàn sòng A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
降临节 降臨節 jiàng lín jié Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
节礼日 節禮日 jié lǐ rì Boxing Day, holiday on 26th December (the day after Christmas Day) in some countries
白腹军舰鸟 白腹軍艦鳥 bái fù jūn jiàn niǎo (bird species of China) Christmas frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
圣诞岛领地 聖誕島領地 Territory of Christmas Island
双旦 雙旦 shuāng dàn Christmas and New Year's Day
团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
小除夕 xiǎo chú xī the day before New Year's Eve
年三十 nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
年夜 nián yè lunar New Year's Eve syn
新年前夕 xīn nián qián xī New Year's eve
万圣节前夕 萬聖節前夕 wàn shèng jié qián xī All Saints' Eve / Halloween
21世纪前夕的人口教育行动框架 21世紀前夕的人口教育行動框架 Action Framework for Population Education on the Eve of the Twenty-first Century
伊芙 yī fú Eve (name)
厄娃 è wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Catholic versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh)
围炉 圍爐 wéi lú to gather around the stove / (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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