Chinese New Year Part 2

Question 1

guo nián quàn, Zhōngguó rén hùi chú jiù bù xīn, bǎ jiā dǎsǎo de hěn gānjìng. Chúxī deshíhou, quánjīa rén hùi tuányuán zài yìqǐ, zài jiā lǐ kàn diànshì, chī niànyèfàn

Answer 1

Before celebrating the New Year, Chinese will
get rid of the old things, get new things
instead and will clean their homes. In the
evening of the New Year Eve, the whole family
will reunite together, they will watch TV at
home and have a family dinner.

Question 2

Ránhòu, zǎoshàng, yě jiùshì shuō xīnnián de dì yī tiān, dàjiā hùi chūmén qù gěi zìjǐ de qīngqī péngyǒu bàinnián

Answer 2

Then, in the morning, or in the first day of
the New Year, everybody will go out to pay a
New Year call to their relatives and friends.

Question 3

nà bàinián de shíhou, yǒu méiyǒu shńme tèbié de shuōfǎ ma?

Answer 3

So when paying a New Year call, is there any

special way of saying things?

Question 4

dāngrán yǒu. Píngshí, nǐ kěyi shuō xīnnián kuàilè! Huòzhě Gōngxǐ fācái. Rúguǒ nǐ xǐang kāi ge wánxiào, nǐ yě kěyǐ shuō Gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo nálāi

Answer 4

Of course there is. Usually, you can say
“Happy New Year!” or “Wish you to get rich!” If you want to crack a joke, you can say
“Wish you to get rich, now give me the red
envelope with money!”

Question 5

tài yǒu yìsi le!

Answer 5

That’s so interesting!

Question 6

zuòfǎ

Answer 6

the way of doing things.

Question 7

kànfǎ

Answer 7

)=the way of looking at things
or point of view, opinion
I look far up and down from my point of view

Question 8

Shuōfǎ

Answer 8

the way of speaking

Sure is far from that way of speaking