除 chú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
除夕
chúxī
Chinese New Year's Eve
Characters in this word
夕 xī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 除夕吃饺子。 Chú xī chī jiǎozi. People eat dumplings on New Year's Eve.
- 除夕全家团圆。 Chú xī quán jiā tuányuán. The whole family gathers on New Year's Eve.
- 今天是除夕。 Jīntiān shì Chú xī. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve.
Related words
- 除了 chúle except; besides
- 拆除 chāichú to demolish; to remove
- 除非 chúfēi unless; only if
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 排除 páichú to rule out; to remove
- 消除 xiāochú to remove; to get rid of
- 元旦 Yuándàn New Year's Day
- 原始 yuánshǐ original; primitive
- 中秋节 ZhōngqiūJié Mid-Autumn Festival
- 古老 gǔlǎo ancient
- 雨水 yǔshuǐ rainwater
- 漫长 màncháng long