cme book 3 unit 3 lesson 9

春节

chun(1) jie(2) - spring festival, chinese new year’s day

大年

da(4) nian(2) - lunar new year’s day

大年三十

da(4) nian(2) san(1) shi(2) - luna new year’s eve

过年

guo(4) nian(2) - celebrate or spend the lunar new year

票

piao(4) - ticket

重视

zhong(4) shi(4) - attach important to

节日

jie(2) ri(4) - festival

团聚

tuan(2) ju(4) - reunite

迎接

ying(2) jie(1) - welcome, great

拜年

bai(4) nian(2) - send new year greetings

得到

de(2) dao(4) - get

压岁钱

ya(1) sui(4) qian(2) - money given to children as a new year’s gift

红包

hong(2) bao(1) - money given to children as a new year’s gift

关于

guan(1) yu(2) - about

习俗

xi(2) su(2) - custom

除夕

chu(2) xi(1) - new year’s eve

年夜

nian(2) ye(4) - lunar new year’s eve

年夜饭

nian(2) ye(4) fan(4) - new year’s eve dinner

包

bao(1) - wrap

饺子

jiao(3) zi(0) - dumpling

可

ke(3) - used for emphasis

烟花

yan(1) hua(1) - fireworks

爆竹

bao(4) zhu(2) - firecrackers

放爆竹

fang(4) bao(4) zhu(2) - let off firecrackers

正

zheng(4) - exactly

新年

xin(1) nian(2) - new years

旧

jiu(4) - past, old

交接

jiao(1) jie(1) - connect

准备

zhun(3) bei(4) - prepare

年货

nian(2) huo(4) - special purchases for the spring festival

庆祝

qing(4) zhu(4) - celebrate

打扫

da(3) sao(3) - sweep, clean

扫除

sao(3) chu(2) - cleaning, clean up

大扫除

da(4) sao(3) chu(2) - thorough cleaning

屋子

wu(1) zi(0) - room

灯笼

den(1) long(0) - lantern

贴

tie(1) - paste, stick

春联

chun(1) lian(2) - spring festival couplets

开心果

kai(1) xin(1) guo(3) - pistachio

花市

hua(1) shi(4) - flower market

桃花

tao(2) hua(1) - peach blossom

百合花

bai(3) he(2) hua(1) - lily

春卷

chun(1) juan(3) - spring roll

年糕

nian(2) gao(1) - new year cake

汤圆

tang(1) yuan(2) - peach blossom

希望

xi(1) wang(4) - hope

余

yu(2) - surplus

高升

gao(1) sheng(1) - rise in position

团员

tuan(2) yuan(2) - reunion

着

zhe(0) - a particle that indicates the continuation of an action

舞龙

wu(3) long(2) - dragon dance

舞狮

wu(3) shi(1) - lion dance

热闹

re(4) nao(0) - bustling