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农历

nóng lì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 農曆

农历 (nóng lì) means "the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 农历 means

1. the traditional Chinese calendar
2. the lunar calendar

The characters in 农历

• 农nóng(bound form) agriculture
• 历lìcalendar

Example sentences

• 今天是农历几号？
  What day is today in the Chinese calendar?
• 春节，即农历新年。
  Chūnjié, jí nónglìxīnnián.
  Spring Festival is also known as Chinese New Year.
• 2010年是农历的虎年。
  2010 nián shì nónglì de hǔnián.
  2010 was the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar.
• 中国农历年的一月一日为春节，是中国人民最隆重的传统节日。
  Zhōngguó nónglì nián de Yīyuè yī rì wèi Chūnjié, shì Zhōngguórén mín zuì lóngzhòng de chuántǒng jiérì.
  The first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar is Spring Festival, the most important festival for the people of China.

Words starting with 农历

• 农历新年nóng lì xīn niánChinese New Year; Lunar New Year

Where 农历 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · é–Oū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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