HSK 2 · Activities & events

过年

guò nián

to celebrate the New Year

Stroke order of 过年

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

过 · 6 strokes 年 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

Pass (过) the year (年): celebrate New Year.

Parts: 过 pass + 年 year

The characters in 过年

过 guo — (past experience particle) (6 strokes)
年 nián — year (6 strokes)

Example sentence

过年的时候我回家。

I go home at New Year.

Words with 过

过(past experience particle)过去the past; to go over 难过sad; upset 不过but; however 超过to exceed; to surpass 走过to walk past 过来to come over 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 见过to have seen 过程process

Words with 年

年year 今年this year 明年next year 去年last year 新年New Year 半年half a year 青年youth; young people 少年teenager; juvenile 青少年teenagers; young people 老年old age; elderly 中年middle age 年轻young 周年anniversary 前年the year before last 全年the whole year 年级grade; year (in school)年代decade; era 年初beginning of the year

More words: Activities & events

活动activity; event 参加to take part in 参观to visit (a place)报名to sign up 举行to hold (an event)进行to carry out 晚会evening party 音乐music 音乐会concert 节日festival; holiday 实习internship; to intern 干活儿to work; to do manual labour 有空儿to be free 科学science 流行popular; fashionable

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