Chinese New Year firework display
Lion dance at Chinese New Year festival
Etymology
From Chinese + New Year , the latter component also matching the traditional name of the holiday, 新年 ( xīnnián , “ New Year ” ) = 新 ( xīn , “ new ” ) + 年 ( nián , “ year ” ) .
Noun
Chinese New Year (plural Chinese New Years )
An annual Chinese holiday , marking the beginning of a new year according to the traditional Chinese calendar .
Translations
Chinese New Year
Arabic: رَأْس السَّنَة الصِّينِيَّة ( raʔs as-sana(t) aṣ-ṣīniyya ) , عِيد الرَّبِيع ( ʕīd ar-rabīʕ )
Betawi: lebaran cina
Burmese: တရုတ်နှစ်တစ်ကူး ( ta.ruthnactacku: )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 新年 ( san1 nin4 ) , 農曆新年 / 农历新年 ( nung4 lik6 san1 nin4 )
Hokkien: 新正 (zh-min-nan) ( sin-chiaⁿ )
Mandarin: 春節 / 春节 (zh) ( chūnjié ) , 農曆新年 / 农历新年 (zh) ( nónglì xīnnián )
Finnish: kiinalainen uusivuosi
French: nouvel an chinois (fr) m
Galician: aninovo chinés m
Georgian: ჩინური ახალი წელი ( činuri axali c̣eli )
German: chinesisches Neujahrsfest
Hindi: चीनी नववर्ष ( cīnī navvarṣ )
Hungarian: kínai újév , holdújév (hu) , tavaszünnep
Indonesian: Imlek , hari raya Imlek , imlek (id) , tahun baru imlek , sincia
Japanese: 旧正月 (ja) ( きゅうしょうがつ, kyūshōgatsu ) , 春節 (ja) ( しゅんせつ, shunsetsu )
Kazakh: Қытай Жаңа жылы ( Qytai Jaña jyly )
Khmer: ចូលឆ្នាំចិន ( coulchnamcən ) , នានិទាឃរដូវ ( néanĭtéakhrôdov )
Korean: 춘절(春節) ( chunjeol ) , 설 (ko) ( seol ) , 설날 (ko) ( seollal )
Lao: ກຸດຈີນ (lo) ( kut chīn ) , ປີໃໝ່ຈີນ ( pī mai chīn ) , ປີໃໝ່ຫວຽດ ( pī mai wīat )
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Malay: Tahun Baru Cina , Raya Cina ( Malaysia )
Mongolian: Хятадын Шинэ Жил ( Xjatadyn Šine Žil )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kinesisk nyttår n
Portuguese: ano novo chinês m
Russian: Кита́йский Но́вый год m ( Kitájskij Nóvyj god )
Spanish: año nuevo chino m
Tagalog: Bagong Taon ng mga Tsino
Thai: ตรุษจีน (th) ( dtrùt-jiin )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Uyghur: چاغان ( chaghan ) , باھار بايرىمى ( bahar bayrimi )
Vietnamese: Tết Nguyên Đán (vi) (節元旦 ), Tết (vi) , Tết ta , Tết âm lịch
Zhuang: cieng