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年夜饭 (nián yè fàn) — Chinese word meaning

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年夜饭 (nián yè fàn) is a Chinese word: Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 年夜饭

名 míng noun

Chinese New Year's Eve dinner

我们全家在一起吃年夜饭。

wǒ men quán jiā zài yì qǐ chī nián yè fàn

Our whole family eats the New Year's Eve dinner together.

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Word breakdown

年 nián — year (referring to Chinese New Year)

夜 yè — night/eve (New Year's Eve)

饭 fàn — meal/dinner

Structure & writing
1 年 nián — year (unit of time; common year = 365 days, leap year = 366 days, every 4 years)

年 is not used as a component in any other character.

年 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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2 夜 yè — night (from dusk to dawn), opposite of '日'/'昼'
夜 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

2.2 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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Stroke order

3 饭 fàn — cooked rice or grain

饭 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

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