元夕

yuánxī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the night of the Lantern Festival, on the 15th of the first lunar month

Examples

HSK 3
Yuánxī de jiēshàng dàochù dōu shì huādēng.
On the night of the Lantern Festival the streets are full of lanterns.
HSK 4
Ōuyáng Xiū zài 《 Shēngzhāzǐ · Yuánxī 》 lǐ huíyì le qùnián yuánxī de yuēhuì.
In 'Shengchazi: Lantern Night', Ouyang Xiu recalls a meeting with his love on the Lantern Festival night of the year before.

Tips

usage
元夕 and 元夜 are the literary words for the night now called 元宵 or 元宵节, the first full moon of the lunar year. They live on in two famous ci titled 元夕, by 辛弃疾 to the tune 青玉案 and by 欧阳修 to the tune 生查子.

Stroke Order

元 yuán
夕 xī