Lesson 12: Vocabulary and Definitions for Chinese New Year

庆祝

qìngzhù - celebrate

春节

ChūnJié - the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)

怎么

zěnme - how

手机

shǒujī - cell phone

手

shǒu - hand

机

jī - machine (used in compound words)

关

guān - to close, shut, turn off

晚

wǎn - late

刚才

gāngcái - just now, a moment ago

学生会

xuéshēnghuì - student association

开会

kāi huì - to have a meeting

开

kāi - to open, to hold (a meeting, party, etc.)

会

huì - organization, meeting, gathering

谈

tán - to talk (about); to discuss

新年

xīnnián - new year

新

xīn - new

事

shì - thing, business; matter; event

纽约

Niǔyuē - New York

中国城

Zhōngguóchéng - Chinatown

活动

huódòng - activity

这里

zhèlǐ - here

游行

yóuxíng - to march, to parade / demonstration

舞狮

wǔshī - to do lion dance

狮

shī - lion

差

chà - inferior

除夕

chúxī - Chinese New Year's Eve

回

huí - to return, go back

年夜饭

niányèfàn - Chinese New Year's Eve dinner

一边...一边...

yìbiān...yìbiān... - to do two activities simultaneously

打算

dǎsuàn - to plan, to intend

包饺子

bāo jiǎozi - make dumplings

包

bāo - to wrap

饺子

jiǎozi - dumplings

火锅

huǒguō - hotpot

火

huǒ - fire

锅

guō - pot

办

bàn - to handle; to manage

少

shǎo - few, little, less

嘛

ma - [particle expressing emphasis]

怎么办

zěnme bàn - what to do, how to handle

正在

zhèngzài - indicating an action in progress

办法

bànfǎ - method, way

主意

zhǔyi - idea