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端午节 (duān wǔ jié): Meaning, Examples & Usage | HSK 6

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端午节 (duān wǔ jié): Dragon Boat Festival (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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端午节 consists of 3 characters.

noon; the seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

festival; [measure word for something segmented (e.g. lesson; paragraph, railway coach, etc.)]

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Pinyinduān wǔ jié

MeaningDragon Boat Festival

Characters3

HSK 2.0Level 6

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SyntaxNoun

Word端午节

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Verb + Object

guò过

Duān端

wǔ午

Jié节

neutral

observe the Dragon Boat Festival

qìng庆

zhù祝

Duān端

wǔ午

Jié节

neutral

Noun + Nounwith假期

Duān端

wǔ午

Jié节

jià假

qī期

Noun + Modifierwith传统

Duān端

wǔ午

Jié节

de的

chuán传

tǒng统

Noun + Adjectivewith快乐

Duān端

wǔ午

Jié节

kuài快

lè乐

4.

Example Sentences with 端午节

duān端

wǔ午

jié节

shì是

zhōng中

guó国

de的

celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival

neutral

Dragon Boat Festival holiday

neutral

the tradition of the Dragon Boat Festival

informal

Spoken

Happy Dragon Boat Festival

chuán传

tǒng统

jié节

rì日

。

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival.

duān端

wǔ午

jié节

qī期

jiān间

，

xǔ许

duō多

gōng公

sī司

huì会

fā发

fàng放

yìng应

jié节

de的

fú福

lì利

lǐ礼

pǐn品

。

During the Dragon Boat Festival, many companies distribute holiday-themed welfare gifts.

nǐ你

jīn今

nián年

duān端

wǔ午

jié节

dǎ打

suàn算

zěn怎

me么

ān安

pái排

jià假

qī期

huó活

dòng动

ne呢

？

How do you plan to arrange your holiday activities for this year's Dragon Boat Festival?

duān端

wǔ午

jié节

shí时

，

rén人

men们

huì会

chī吃

zòng粽

zi子

hé和

sài赛

lóng龙

zhōu舟

。

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people eat zongzi and race dragon boats.

suī虽

rán然

duān端

wǔ午

jié节

yǒu有

sān三

tiān天

jià假

qī期

，

dàn但

wǒ我

bìng并

méi没

yǒu有

chū出

yóu游

de的

jì计

huà划

。

Although there is a three-day holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival, I don't have any plans to travel.

duān端

wǔ午

jié节

kuài快

dào到

le了

，

chāo超

shì市

lǐ里

bǎi摆

mǎn满

le了

gè各

shì式

gè各

yàng样

de的

zòng粽

zǐ子

hé和

xián咸

yā鸭

dàn蛋

。

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and supermarkets are filled with various kinds of zongzi and salted duck eggs.

wèi为

le了

jì纪

niàn念

qū屈

yuán原

，

duān端

wǔ午

jié节

yǒu有

chī吃

zòng粽

zi子

hé和

sài赛

lóng龙

zhōu舟

de的

xí习

sú俗

。

To commemorate Qu Yuan, the Dragon Boat Festival has customs like eating zongzi and dragon boat racing.

duān端

wǔ午

jié节

bù不

jǐn仅

shì是

wèi为

le了

jì纪

niàn念

qū屈

yuán原

，

hái还

yùn蕴

hán含

zhe着

qū驱

xié邪

bì避

yì疫

de的

wén文

huà化

nèi内

hán涵

。

The Dragon Boat Festival is not only to commemorate Qu Yuan but also embodies the cultural connotation of warding off evil and preventing epidemics.

HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 端午节.

变故biàn gùunforeseen event; accident; mishap
表彰biǎo zhāngcommend; cite
采纳cǎi nàaccept; adopt
报销bào xiāosubmit an expense account; apply for reimbursement; claim a refund
鄙视bǐ shìto despise
操作cāo zuòoperate; manipulate; handle
败坏bài huàiruin; corrupt; debase
报答bào dárepay; pay back
卑鄙bēi bǐbase; mean; contemptible
本人běn rénoneself; in the flesh
迸发bèng fāburst forth; burst out
编织biān zhīto weave

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