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除夕

Chú xī

HSK 5 2-character word

What 除夕 means

1. lunar New Year's Eve

The characters in 除夕

• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 夕xī(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì

Example sentences

• 尤其是在中国北方，包饺子、吃饺子，已经成为大多数家庭欢度除夕的一个重要活动。
  Yóuqí shì zài Zhōngguó běifāng, bāo jiǎozi, chī jiǎozi, yǐjīng chéngwéi dàduōshù jiātíng huāndù Chúxī de yī gè zhòngyào huódòng.
  Especially in northern China, wrapping and eating dumplings has become an important activity for happily spending New Year's Eve in many households.

Words containing 除夕

• 小除夕xiǎo chú xīthe day before New Year's Eve

Sounds the same

Read Chú xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 除息(finance) ex-dividend; to go ex-dividend