Chinese new year

Spring Festival traditions, vocabulary, and activities — making Lunar New Year meaningful for overseas kids and families.

Learn how to say spring in Chinese — 春天 (chūn tiān). Discover spring vocabulary, weather words, activities, and Chinese New Year connections.

How to Say Spring in Chinese: 春天 (chūn tiān) — Vocabulary, Activities & Resources

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Spring is one of the most beloved seasons in Chinese culture. It brings warmth, new growth, and two of the most important festivals in the Chinese calendar — Chinese New Year and Qingming Festival. For children learning Mandarin, spring is a wonderful vocabulary theme. It connects language to nature, weather, clothes, animals, flowers, and celebrations […]

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Chinese New Year Tongue Twisters: A Festive Language Delight

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Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people, with numerous traditions. Among all learning activities (Chinese New Year vocabulary, nursery rhymes, craft activities), another activity that combines both traditional celebration and a touch of fun and challenges to language skills is the recitation of tongue twisters. There are some fun tongue twisters

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A Guide to Key Chinese Words for Celebrating Lunar New Year

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The Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, is a vibrant and significant festival celebrated by millions around the world. To truly understand and partake in the festivities, it’s essential to be familiar with key Chinese words associated with various aspects of this auspicious occasion. Here, let’s have a detailed look at these words categorized

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Chinese Zodiac Fun: Exploring Animal Signs in Language Lessons

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Chinese New Year is an exciting time filled with traditions, and one of the most captivating aspects is the Chinese zodiac. This ancient system, based on twelve animal signs, is not only a cultural treasure but also a fantastic tool for teaching Chinese language to kids. Let’s embark on a journey of language learning through

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Chinese Lucky Phrases to Say During Chinese New Year That Start with Numbers

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During the 15-day Chinese New Year celebrations, people want to express good wishes to family and friends. When they meet each other, they will say something that is pleasant to hear. These sayings are called Lucky Phrases (吉祥话). Apart from the lucky phrases we often say, below I would like to introduce to you the

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Lucky Phrases for Chinese New Year – Chinese Spring Festival Greetings

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During the Chinese New Year celebration, Chinese people like to greet each other with 吉祥话 (Jíxiáng huà). 吉祥话 literally means lucky phrases, lucky sayings, or lucky expressions. Chinese people use these lucky phrases to express their wishes for health, wealth, and good fortune to each other. Here you can find a list of lucky phrases.

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Top 7 Chinese New Year Books for Kids and Chinese Beginning Learners

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Chinese New Year is one of the most important festivals in China. What are the traditions? How do the Chinese celebrate it? Are there any fun activities for kids to work on? Here are the top 7 books on Chinese New Year. You can read them with your children to get to know more about

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Year of the Rat – What Chinese to Learn

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When we say to learn a language, we should not stop at the language itself. Language is a vehicle of how people communicate, reflecting the history, culture and philosophy of the country. Traditional holidays, as the highlight of customs and culture, are indispensable for any language learner. For Chinese language learning, Chinese traditional festivals are surely

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Chinese Year of the Pig – Learn about Pigs in Chinese

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In our Chinese New Year series, we’ve talked about Chinese New Year Celebrations for kids, Chinese Zodiac animals. 2019 is the year of the pig, so we are going to talk about PIGS in Chinese. How to Say Pigs in Chinese Pig in Chinese is called 猪(Zhū). One pig is 一头猪 (yītóu zhū); two pigs

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Chinese Zodiac Animals – Great Race Story and More

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You might or might know, that Chinese zodiac, or shengxiao in Chinese, is similar the Western one. Yes, both zodiacs have time cycles divided into 12 parts, each is associated with a person’s personality to the influence of the person’s particular relationship to the part of the cycle. Nevertheless, they are quite different: the 12-part

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Celebrating New Year – a Chinese Chant to Learn about Chinese New Year

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小朋友，过新年， Xiǎopéngyǒu, guò xīnnián Little friends, we are celebrating the New Year 穿新衣，贴春联， Chuān xīnyī, tiē chūnlián We put on new clothes, and we glue the Spring Festival couplets 点灯笼，放鞭炮， Diǎn dēnglong, fàng biānpào We light up lanterns, and we set off firecrackers 还有饺子和压岁钱, Háiyǒu jiǎozi hé yāsuìqián There are also dumplings and lucky money

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