HSK 5 Vocabulary: 30 Words for Festivals and Tradition
HSK 5 Vocabulary · part 12 · 30 words 11:21 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English
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元旦 Yuándàn: New Year's Day. New Year's Day is the first of January.
元旦是一月一号。 Yuándàn shì yī yuè yī hào.
除夕 chúxī: Chinese New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, the whole family eats dumplings together.
除夕晚上，全家人一起吃饺子。 Chúxī wǎnshang, quán jiā rén yìqǐ chī jiǎozi.
鞭炮 biānpào: firecrackers. At New Year, children love setting off firecrackers.
过年的时候，孩子们喜欢放鞭炮。 Guò nián de shíhou, háizimen xǐhuan fàng biānpào.
龙 lóng: dragon. In China, the dragon is a very important animal.
在中国，龙是很重要的动物。 Zài Zhōngguó, lóng shì hěn zhòngyào de dòngwù.
国庆节 Guóqìng Jié: National Day. We get seven days off for National Day.
国庆节我们放七天假。 Guóqìng Jié wǒmen fàng qī tiān jià.
庆祝 qìngzhù: to celebrate. We celebrated Mum's birthday together.
我们一起庆祝妈妈的生日。 Wǒmen yìqǐ qìngzhù māma de shēngrì.
祝福 zhùfú: good wishes, blessing. New Year is here, so I'm sending my friends good wishes.
新年到了，我给朋友们发祝福。 Xīnnián dào le, wǒ gěi péngyoumen fā zhùfú.
礼拜天 lǐbàitiān: Sunday. The shops are very busy on Sunday.
礼拜天商店人很多。 Lǐbàitiān shāngdiàn rén hěn duō.
婚礼 hūnlǐ: wedding. Their wedding is next month.
他们的婚礼在下个月。 Tāmen de hūnlǐ zài xià ge yuè.
娶 qǔ: (of a man) to marry. Last year my big brother married a classmate from university.
哥哥去年娶了他的大学同学。 Gēge qùnián qǔ le tā de dàxué tóngxué.
嫁 jià: (of a woman) to marry. My big sister married a doctor.
姐姐嫁给了一个医生。 Jiějie jià gěi le yí ge yīshēng.
风俗 fēngsú: custom. Every place has its own customs.
每个地方都有自己的风俗。 Měi ge dìfang dōu yǒu zìjǐ de fēngsú.
传统 chuántǒng: tradition. Making dumplings at New Year is an old tradition.
过年包饺子是一个老传统。 Guò nián bāo jiǎozi shì yí ge lǎo chuántǒng.
纪念 jìniàn: to remember, to mark. This photo is to remember our trip.
这张照片是为了纪念我们的旅行。 Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn shì wèile jìniàn wǒmen de lǚxíng.
宗教 zōngjiào: religion. There are many religions in the world.
世界上有很多种宗教。 Shìjiè shang yǒu hěn duō zhǒng zōngjiào.
寺庙 sìmiào: temple. There's an old temple on the mountain.
山上有一座老寺庙。 Shān shang yǒu yí zuò lǎo sìmiào.
祖先 zǔxiān: ancestor. Our ancestors lived in this village.
我们的祖先住在这个村子里。 Wǒmen de zǔxiān zhù zài zhège cūnzi li.
古代 gǔdài: ancient times. In ancient times, people walked to faraway places.
古代的人走路去很远的地方。 Gǔdài de rén zǒu lù qù hěn yuǎn de dìfang.
朝代 cháodài: dynasty. There were many dynasties in Chinese history.
中国历史上有很多朝代。 Zhōngguó lìshǐ shang yǒu hěn duō cháodài.
皇帝 huángdì: emperor. The emperor and his family lived in Beijing.
皇帝和他的家人住在北京。 Huángdì hé tā de jiārén zhù zài Běijīng.
皇后 huánghòu: empress, queen. The empress is the emperor's wife.
皇后是皇帝的妻子。 Huánghòu shì huángdì de qīzi.
王子 wángzǐ: prince. The prince in the story is very brave.
故事里的王子很勇敢。 Gùshi li de wángzǐ hěn yǒnggǎn.
公主 gōngzhǔ: princess. The little girl wants to be a princess.
小女孩想当公主。 Xiǎo nǚhái xiǎng dāng gōngzhǔ.
传说 chuánshuō: legend. There's a legend about a dragon here.
这里有一个关于龙的传说。 Zhèlǐ yǒu yí ge guānyú lóng de chuánshuō.
神话 shénhuà: myth. Grandma told me a myth.
奶奶给我讲了一个神话故事。 Nǎinai gěi wǒ jiǎng le yí ge shénhuà gùshi.
古老 gǔlǎo: ancient, very old. This is an ancient city.
这是一座古老的城市。 Zhè shì yí zuò gǔlǎo de chéngshì.
悠久 yōujiǔ: long (history). China has a very long history.
中国的历史很悠久。 Zhōngguó de lìshǐ hěn yōujiǔ.
文明 wénmíng: civilisation. Civilisation began very early along the Yangtze.
长江边上很早就有了文明。 Chángjiāng biān shang hěn zǎo jiù yǒu le wénmíng.
古典 gǔdiǎn: classical. I like listening to classical music.
我喜欢听古典音乐。 Wǒ xǐhuan tīng gǔdiǎn yīnyuè.
丝绸 sīchóu: silk. This skirt is made of silk.
这条裙子是丝绸做的。 Zhè tiáo qúnzi shì sīchóu zuò de.