# 除夕 (Chúxī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 除夕 (Chúxī) means “Lunar New Year's Eve”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: Lunar New Year's Eve
- Pinyin: Chúxī (chu2 xi1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 除夕晚上，全家人一起吃年夜饭。
  Chúxī wǎnshang, quánjiā rén yīqǐ chī niányèfàn.
  On Lunar New Year's Eve night, the whole family eats reunion dinner together.

## Characters

- [除](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-remove/) (chú): to remove; except for
- 夕 (xī): sunset; dusk; evening; night

https://hanziro.com/word/chu-xi-lunar-new-years/

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