农 nóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冖 — cover
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
农历
nónglì
lunar calendar; traditional Chinese calendar
Characters in this word
历 lì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 按照农历计算，今年春节比去年来得更早。 Ànzhào nónglì jìsuàn, jīnnián Chūnjié bǐ qùnián lái de gèng zǎo. According to the lunar calendar, Spring Festival arrives earlier this year than it did last year.
- 奶奶总是按农历记孩子们的生日。 Nǎinai zǒngshì àn nónglì jì háizimen de shēngrì. Grandma always remembers the children's birthdays by the lunar calendar.
- 农历八月十五是中秋节，家人要一起吃月饼。 Nónglì bā yuè shíwǔ shì Zhōngqiūjié, jiārén yào yìqǐ chī yuèbǐng. The fifteenth of the eighth lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, when families eat mooncakes together.
Related words
- 农村 nóngcūn countryside; village
- 农民 nóngmín farmer
- 农业 nóngyè agriculture; farming
- 农产品 nóngchǎnpǐn farm products
- 农田 nóngtián farmland
- 农场 nóngchǎng farm
- 农民工 nóngmíngōng migrant worker; rural migrant worker
- 经历 jīnglì experience
- 简历 jiǎnlì resume
- 历史 lìshǐ history
- 日历 rìlì calendar
- 历经 lìjīng to experience, to go through