過年
simp过年gwo3 nin4guò nián
English
- to celebrate the Chinese New Year
- to spend the new year
粵語 — Cantonese
- 渡過新年
Examples
过年了。
It's the new year.
Tatoeba · ver CC BY
明天就要過年了。
Tomorrow is the start of the new year.
Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY
庆祝春节俗称过年。
Celebrating Spring Festival is commonly referred to as 'passing the year'.
過年過節時,他總是來慰勞。
He always comes to show his appreciation during the New Year and holidays.
Tatoeba · rokito CC BY
過年時,小劉的單位给每位員工發一袋麵粉。
For the new year, Liu's company gives every employee a bag of flour.
Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY
在中国,提到过年,许多人想到的都是一家围在一起包饺子。
If you mention New Year in China, the image that many people will think of is a family gathered around wrapping dumplings together.
喺屋企過年
to spend the new year at home
去外國過年
to spend the new year overseas
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk