🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Silvester des chinesischen Neujahrs

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zɪlˈvɛstɐ dɛs t͡ʃiˈneːzɪʃən ˈnɔɪ̯ˌjaːɐ̯s

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Chinese New Year's Eve/ˌtʃaɪ.niːz ˌnuː ˌjɪərz ˈiːv/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Am Silvester des chinesischen Neujahrs versammeln sich die Familien zum großen Abendessen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The evening preceding the first day of the Lunar New Year, traditionally celebrated with a large family reunion dinner and various cultural customs.

    "Families traveled from all over the country to gather for the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet."
  2. 2

    The period encompassing the final day of the old lunar year leading up to midnight.

    "Children stayed up late on Chinese New Year's Eve to welcome the arrival of the spring season."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the traditional celebration of the Lunar New Year, known in Chinese as Chunjie (Spring Festival), combined with the English term 'Eve' denoting the evening or day before a major holiday. The phrase integrates the direct translation of the festival name with Western calendar terminology to describe the most important family gathering night in Chinese culture.

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🇫🇷French → English

réveillon du Nouvel An chinois

Transliteration: ʁevɛjɔ̃ dy nuvɛl ɑ̃ ʃinwa

"Le réveillon du Nouvel An chinois est un moment crucial pour les réunions de famille."

🇩🇪German → English

Silvester des chinesischen Neujahrs

Transliteration: zɪlˈvɛstɐ dɛs t͡ʃiˈneːzɪʃən ˈnɔɪ̯ˌjaːɐ̯s

"Am Silvester des chinesischen Neujahrs versammeln sich die Familien zum großen Abendessen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

vigilia del Capodanno cinese

Transliteration: viˈdʒiːlja del kapoˈdanno tʃiˈneːze

"La vigilia del Capodanno cinese è festeggiata con ricchi banchetti."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

víspera del Año Nuevo chino

Transliteration: ˈbispeɾa ðel ˈaɲo ˈnweβo ˈtʃino

"La víspera del Año Nuevo chino es la noche más importante para las familias."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

véspera do Ano Novo Chinês

Transliteration: ˈvɛspeɾɐ du ˈɐnu ˈnovu ʃiˈnejs

"A véspera do Ano Novo Chinês é marcada por jantares tradicionais."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

चीनी नव वर्ष की पूर्वसंध्या

Transliteration: chini nav varsh ki purv-sandhya

"चीनी नव वर्ष की पूर्वसंध्या पर पूरा परिवार एक साथ भोजन करता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

除夕

Transliteration: chú xī

"除夕之夜,家家户户都要吃年夜饭。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

설날 전날 밤

Transliteration: seollal jeonnal bam

"설날 전날 밤에 온 가족이 모여 맛있는 음식을 먹습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

春節の前日

Transliteration: shunsetsu no zenjitsu

"春節の前日には、多くの人が故郷に戻り家族団らんを楽しみます。"

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