Phrase guide

Lunar New Year

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An annual holiday of several cultures that marks the beginning of a new year according to a lunar or lunisolar calendar, as opposed to a new year dictated by a solar calendar such as the Julian or Gregorian calendars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَأْس السَّنَة الصِّينِيَّة — Lunar New Year
  • Arabic: عِيد الرَّبِيع (ʕīd ar-rabīʕ) — Lunar New Year
  • Betawi: lebaran cina — Lunar New Year
  • Burmese: တရုတ်နှစ်တစ်ကူး (ta.ruthnactacku:) — Lunar New Year
  • Chinese Cantonese: 新年 (san1 nin4) — Lunar New Year
  • Chinese Cantonese: 農曆新年 /农历新年 (nung4 lik6 san1 nin4) — Lunar New Year
  • Chinese: 新正 (zh-min-nan) — Lunar New Year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 春節 /春节 (chūnjié) — Lunar New Year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 農曆新年 /农历新年 (nónglì xīnnián) — Lunar New Year
  • Finnish: kiinalainen uusivuosi — Lunar New Year
  • French: nouvel an chinois — Lunar New Year
  • Galician: aninovo chinés — Lunar New Year
  • Georgian: ჩინური ახალი წელი (činuri axali c̣eli) — Lunar New Year
  • German: chinesisches Neujahrsfest — Lunar New Year
  • Hawaiian: konohī — Lunar New Year
  • Hindi: चंद्र नववर्ष (candra navvarṣ) — Lunar New Year
  • Hungarian: kínai újév — Lunar New Year
  • Hungarian: holdújév — Lunar New Year
  • Hungarian: tavaszünnep — Lunar New Year
  • Indonesian: Imlek — Lunar New Year
  • Indonesian: hari raya Imlek — Lunar New Year
  • Indonesian: imlek — Lunar New Year
  • Indonesian: tahun baru imlek — Lunar New Year
  • Indonesian: sincia — Lunar New Year
  • Japanese: 旧正月 (kyūshōgatsu) — Lunar New Year
  • Japanese: 春節 (shunsetsu) — Lunar New Year
  • Kazakh: Қытай Жаңа жылы (Qytai Jaña jyly) — Lunar New Year
  • Khmer: ចូលឆ្នាំចិន (coulchnamcən) — Lunar New Year
  • Khmer: នានិទាឃរដូវ (néanĭtéakhrôdov) — Lunar New Year
  • Korean: 춘절 (chunjeol) — Lunar New Year
  • Korean: 설 (seol) — Lunar New Year
  • Korean: 설날 (seollal) — Lunar New Year
  • Lao: ກຸດຈີນ (kut chīn) — Lunar New Year
  • Lao: ປີໃຫມ່ຈີນ (pī mai chīn) — Lunar New Year
  • Lao: ປີໃຫມ່ຫວຽດ (pī mai huāit) — Lunar New Year
  • Malay: Tahun Baru Cina — Lunar New Year
  • Malay: Raya Cina — Lunar New Year
  • Mongolian: Хятадын Шинэ Жил (Xjatadyn Šine Žil) — Lunar New Year
  • Mongolian: Цагаан сар (Cagaan sar) — Lunar New Year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kinesisk nyttår — Lunar New Year
  • Portuguese: ano novo chinês — Lunar New Year
  • Russian: Кита́йский Но́вый год (Kitájskij Nóvyj god) — Lunar New Year
  • Spanish: año nuevo chino — Lunar New Year
  • Tagalog: Bagong Taon ng mga Tsino — Lunar New Year
  • Thai: ตรุษจีน (dtrùt-jiin) — Lunar New Year
  • Uyghur: چاغان (chaghan) — Lunar New Year
  • Uyghur: باھار بايرىمى (bahar bayrimi) — Lunar New Year
  • Vietnamese: Tết Nguyên Đán — Lunar New Year
  • Vietnamese: Tết — Lunar New Year
  • Vietnamese: Tết ta — Lunar New Year
  • Vietnamese: Tết âm lịch — Lunar New Year
  • Zhuang: cieng — Lunar New Year