元旦
Yuán dànㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: NGUYÊN ĐÁN
Traditional: 元旦
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(time word)
New Year's Day
Examples
元旦放三天假。
yuán dàn fàng sān tiān jiǎ.
We get three days off for New Year's Day.
元旦那天我们去看烟花。
yuán dàn nà tiān wǒ men qù kàn yān huā.
We went to see fireworks on New Year's Day.
祝大家元旦快乐！
zhù dà jiā yuán dàn kuài lè!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Easily confused
- 春节 — Careful: Vietnamese Tết Nguyên Đán is Lunar New Year (春节), whereas Chinese 元旦 is January 1st.
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Stroke order
NGUYÊN · 4 strokes
surname Yuan; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
ĐÁN · 5 strokes
Related words
- 元 Yuán — surname Yuan; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
- 单元 dān yuán — unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
- 公元 gōng yuán — CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
- 元素 yuán sù — element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
- 元首 yuán shǒu — head of state
- 多元化 duō yuán huà — diversification; pluralism; to diversify
- 元宵节 Yuán xiāo jié — Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar