yuán xiāo

元宵 (yuán xiāo) is a Chinese word meaning “Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]”.

Meanings

  1. 1Lantern Festival
  2. 2night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. 3see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]
  4. 4sticky rice dumplings

Characters in 元宵

元yuán · currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)宵xiāo · night

Related words

美元American dollar; US dollar元currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)元surname Yuan元首head of state元素element (key component of sth)欧元euro (currency)通宵all night元老senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran宵禁night curfew单元unit (forming an entity)日元yen (currency of Japan)宵night

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