粵

過gwo3年nin4

simp过年
gwo3 nin4guò nián

English

  1. to celebrate the Chinese New Year
  2. to spend the new year

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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'.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

  • 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.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

  • 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

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