猜灯谜

猜燈謎
cāi dēngmí
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to guess lantern riddles (Lantern Festival tradition)

Examples

HSK 6
Yuánxiāojié wǒmen quánjiā yìqǐ qù gōngyuán cāi dēngmí.
On the Lantern Festival our whole family went to the park to guess lantern riddles.
HSK 7-9
Tā cāi duì le sān ge dēngmí, yíng le yí ge xiǎo lǐwù.
He got three riddles right and won a small prize.

Tips

culture
Signature 元宵节 activity: riddles are written on strips of paper and stuck to lanterns; guess right and you take the lantern home. The game took its modern form in the Song dynasty. Many riddles are 字谜 - visual puzzles built from character components (e.g. 一点一横长 points to 京).

Stroke Order

猜 cāi
灯 dēng
谜 mí