HSK 5 · Time

除夕 Chúxī “lunar New Year’s Eve” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 除夕 means

  1. lunar New Year’s Eve

How to say 除夕

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale除Chú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale夕xī1st tone, high and level

除夕 in a sentence

  1. 除夕晚上，全家人一起吃年夜饭。

    Chúxī wǎnshang, quánjiā rén yìqǐ chī niányèfàn.

    On Lunar New Year’s Eve, the whole family has the reunion dinner together.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 除夕那天，大家都想回家过年。

    Chúxī nà tiān, dàjiā dōu xiǎng huíjiā guònián.

    On Lunar New Year’s Eve, everyone wants to be home for the New Year.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 除夕 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 除 (chú) with each of its parts in a different colour
除chúto get rid ofChú in 除夕
  • 阝place
  • 余surplus · yú
The character 夕 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
夕xīsunset; dusk
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 除夕

除 9 strokes · 夕 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 除夕

Words with 除

除了chúle · besides删除shānchú · to delete除非chúfēi · only if (…除chú · except解除jiěchú · to remove排除páichú · to rule out清除qīngchú · to clear away消除xiāochú · to eliminate开除kāichú · to expel废除fèichú · to abolish

Words with 夕

夕阳xīyáng · setting sun

More words: Time & Sequence

以后yǐhòu · after傍晚bàngwǎn · dusk曾经céngjīng · once迟早chízǎo · sooner or later从此cóngcǐ · from now on从前cóngqián · previously公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)古代gǔdài · ancient times

FAQs

除夕 (Chúxī) means “lunar New Year’s Eve”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it Chúxī: Chú with a 2nd tone, then xī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 除夕 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 除夕 from the suggestions. Typing chuxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
除夕 is an HSK 5 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.