小年夜

MEANING

1. 壹名noun

   (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve

   • xiǎoniányèwǒmenyījiārénhuìyīqǐchījiǎozi.

     小年夜我们一家人会一起吃饺子。🔊

     On the eve of the minor new year, our whole family will eat dumplings together.

2. 貳名noun

   (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)

   • xiǎoniányèwǒmenyīqǐchījiǎozi.

     小年夜我们一起吃饺子。🔊

     On the eve of the minor new year, we ate dumplings together.

3. 參名noun

   (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)

   • xiǎoniányèshìnónglìshíèryuèèrshísānhuòèrshísì.

     小年夜是农历十二月二十三或二十四。🔊

     The eve of the Lunar New Year's minor celebration falls on the 23rd or 24th day of the 12th lunar month.