元宵节

Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

Characters and words in 元宵节

yuán = yu + an2
surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
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yuán = yu + an2
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon
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Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings
xiāo = xi + ao1
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jiē = ji + e1
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jié = ji + e2
festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]
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jié = ji + e2
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
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