年货

年貨

niánhuò

noun #68,575

Meanings

1 New Year goods (food, gifts and decorations for the Spring Festival)
2 Chinese New Year shopping

Characters

(lunar) New Year

Examples

HSK 2

快过年了，妈妈去超市买年货。

Kuài guònián le, māma qù chāoshì mǎi niánhuò.

New Year is coming, so Mom went to the supermarket to buy holiday goods.

HSK 5

现在很多人在网上办年货，不用再去商场挤了。

Xiànzài hěnduō rén zài wǎngshàng bàn niánhuò, búyòng zài qù shāngchǎng jǐ le.

These days many people do their New Year shopping online and no longer have to squeeze into crowded malls.

Tips

culture

办年货 'doing the New Year shopping' fills the weeks before the Spring Festival: sweets, nuts, cured meat, red couplets and new clothes. Shopping sites now hold a 年货节 'New Year shopping festival' every winter.

Stroke Order

年 nián

货 huò