泼水节

潑水節

Pōshuǐjié

noun #66,780

Meanings

1 Water-Splashing Festival, the New Year festival of the Dai people (mid-April)
2 Songkran, the Thai and Lao New Year

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

我们打算四月去西双版纳过泼水节。

Wǒmen dǎsuan sìyuè qù Xīshuāngbǎnnà guò Pōshuǐjié.

We plan to go to Xishuangbanna in April for the Water-Splashing Festival.

HSK 6

泰国的泼水节也在四月，街上到处都是拿着水枪的游客。

Tàiguó de Pōshuǐjié yě zài sìyuè, jiēshàng dàochù dōu shì ná zhe shuǐqiāng de yóukè.

Songkran in Thailand is also in April, and the streets are full of tourists with water guns.

Tips

culture

The festival is the Dai New Year, usually around April 13 to 15. People splash clean water on friends and strangers to wash away the bad luck of the old year, so getting soaked is a blessing. The Dai share the custom with the Thai and Lao, who call it Songkran; dragon-boat races and home-made bamboo rockets are part of the celebration.

Stroke Order

泼 pō

水 shuǐ

节 jié