HSK 6 · Time

农历 nónglì “lunar calendar” in Chinese

Traditional 農曆

What 农历 means

  1. lunar calendar
  2. Chinese calendar
  3. the traditional Chinese calendar

How to say 农历

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale农nóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale历lì4th tone, falling

农历 in a sentence

  1. 今天是农历几号？

    Jīntiān shì nónglì jǐ hào?

    What’s today’s date on the lunar calendar?

    Sentence #13847525 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 春节，即农历新年。

    Chūnjié, jí nónglì xīnnián.

    The Spring Festival is the Lunar New Year.

    Sentence #756977 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 农历 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 农 (nóng) drawn as one shape
农nóngagriculture

农 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 历 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
历lìcalendar
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 力strength · lìSound part

厤 hints at the meaning (to calculate); 力 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with lì.

How to write 农历

农 6 strokes · 历 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

农历 (nónglì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 农历 (nónglì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 农历

Words with 农

农村nóngcūn · rural area农民nóngmín · farmer农业nóngyè · agriculture

Words with 历

历史lìshǐ · history经历jīnglì · experience日历rìlì · calendar学历xuélì · educational background简历jiǎnlì · curriculum vitae (CV)历代lìdài · successive dynasties历来lìlái · always来历láilì · origin

More words: Time & Sequence

凌晨língchén · early morning屡次lǚcì · repeatedly漫长màncháng · very long年度niándù · year (e.g. financial year)片刻piànkè · a moment起初qǐchū · at first迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far清晨qīngchén · early morning

FAQs

农历 (nónglì) means “lunar calendar” or “Chinese calendar”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it nónglì: nóng with a 2nd tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 农历 is written 農曆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nongli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 农历 from the suggestions. Typing nongli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
农历 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.