新san1年nin4

English

1. New Year
2. (noun) Lunar New Year
3. the New Year; in Hong Kong, san1 nin4 (新年) refers to both the New Year of the Gregorian Calendar and the Lunar (Chinese) Calendar.

量詞 — Classifiers

• 個ge4

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 每年嘅開端；西方嘅新年係公曆一月一號，而中國嘅新年係農曆正月初一（通常初一到十五都統稱為新年）。喺香港，中西嘅新年都叫做「新年」。（量詞：個）

Examples

• 新年假

  New Year holiday

• 農曆新年

  Lunar New Year

• 新年快樂！

  Happy New Year!

• 新年進步！

  Have a great year ahead!

• 又到新年喇，希望今年可以逗到多啲利是啦。

  The New Year has come again. I hope I can get more red packets this year.

• 「今個新年我哋不如試吓自己整蘿蔔糕食囉！」「我都想呀，不過好似好大工程咁喎。」

  "Let's try to make our own turnip cakes for Chinese New Year!" "That sounds like a good idea, but I'm too lazy to cook."

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 「新年快樂！」「大家咁話！」

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 「順便講吓，我買緊哈根達斯。我哋食啦。」「我喺新年用完喇。」

  Tatoeba CC BY