day 83festivals and customs
unit 12 · culture & historyfestivals and customs
Talk about festivals and customs: what people eat, hang and say, and where traditions come from.
today’s words
- 习俗 xísú · custom, tradition
- 民俗 mínsú · folk customs
- 民间 mínjiān · among the people, folk
- 拜年 bàinián · to pay a New Year call
- 元宵 yuánxiāo · Lantern Festival; sweet rice ball
- 汤圆 tāngyuán · sweet rice dumpling (tangyuan)
- 粽子 zòngzi · zongzi (sticky rice in leaves)
- 灯笼 dēnglong · lantern
- 团圆 tuányuán · to be reunited (family)
- 喜事 xǐshì · happy event (often a wedding)
- 仪式 yíshì · ceremony
- 祝福 zhùfú · to bless; blessing, good wishes
- 祝愿 zhùyuàn · to wish (formal)
- 吉祥 jíxiáng · lucky, auspicious
- 属 shǔ · to be born in the year of
- 神 shén · god (in myths); amazing
- 神奇 shénqí · magical, amazing
- 相传 xiāngchuán · legend has it
- 由来 yóulái · origin (of a name, a custom)
- 源于 yuányú · to come from, originate in
- 起源 qǐyuán · origin; to originate
- 样 yàng · kind, type (measure word)
- 未 wèi · not yet (written)
sentences
- 过年那几天，不时有人来家里拜年。 · Over New Year, people keep dropping by to wish us a happy New Year.
- 几十年过去了，这里的民俗依旧没有变。 · Decades have passed, and the folk customs here are still the same.
- 我属龙，今年正好是龙年。 · I was born in the Year of the Dragon, and this year is a Dragon year.
- 粽子有好几样，有甜的，也有咸的。 · There are several kinds of zongzi, sweet and savoury.
- 他们家最近有喜事：女儿下个月结婚。 · They have happy news: their daughter is getting married next month.