How to Say ‘New Year’ in Simplified Chinese
新年
💬 Usage Tip: [新] = “new,” [年] = “year.” Together it’s literally “new year.”
🇨🇳 In China: Around Chinese New Year, people more often say [过年] (“celebrate the New Year”) to mean the whole holiday period.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
新年
[xīn nián]
New Year
Used in greetings and wishes around the Spring Festival period.
新年到了，我们一起拜年。
The New Year has arrived; let’s go give New Year greetings.
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