Chinese New Year

English

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”).

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Proper noun

Chinese New Year (plural Chinese New Years)

  2. An annual Chinese holiday, marking the beginning of the Lunar New Year according to the traditional Chinese calendar.
    • 2019 February 5, Adrian Lim, “Multiracial CNY celebrations true to Singapore spirit: President Halimah”, in The Straits Times‎[1], Singapore, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 February 2019:
      In a Chinese New Year video message posted on her Facebook page yesterday, President Halimah Yacob said the fact that the celebrations here also commonly embrace those of other races is "true to the Singapore spirit".

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