| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 臘月 | N: the twelfth month of the Chinese Lunar year |
| 正月 | N: the first month of the Chinese Lunar year |
| 持續 | A: continuous, incessant, uninterrupted |
| 祭祀 | V: to worship; to honor by a service or rite; to offer sacrifices |
| 儀式 | N: a ceremony, a rite |
| 陰曆 | N: the Chinese lunar calendar |
| 傳說 | V/N: a legend |
| 灶神 | N: the Kitchen God |
| 升天 | V: to ascend heaven; to transmigrate; to die |
| 積極 | SV/A: to be positive; to be energetic, active, vigorous |
| 兇惡 | SV/AT: to be wicked; evil; savage; malignant |
| 怪獸 | N: a legendary animal; a monster |
| 春聯 | N: New Year's couplets written on strips of red paper and pasted on door frames, usu containing words of luck |
| 守歲 | VO: to see the old year out and to welcome the new year in by staying up on the night of CNY Eve |
| 迎接 | V: to meet; to greet |
| 團圓 | N: a reunion (of family, etc) |
| 拜年 | VO: to pay a respectful call on relatives or friends on New Year's Day and offer greeting |
| 壓歲錢 | N: cash given in red paper envelopes to children by their elders on CNY Eve |
| 午夜 | N: midnight |
| 元寶 | N: a type of dumpling made in a shape reminiscent of the silver and gold ingots once used as money in ancient China |
| 吉利 | SV/AT: to be lucky, auspicious, propitious |
| 高潮 | N: the climax; the upsurge |
| 元宵節 | N: the Lantern Festival |
| 花燈 | N: fancy (usu paper) lanterns made for the Lantern Festival |
| 燈謎 | N: riddles written on lanterns (used in contests in which prizes are often offered) |
| 湯圓 | N: glutinous rice flour balls (often filled with a sweet paste) |
| 發揚 | V: to enhance; to add glory to |
| 元旦 | N: New Year's day |
| 大街小巷 | IE: in every street and alley; all over the city |
| 家家戶戶 | IE: every family and household |
| 接二連三 | IE: continuously, one after another, repeatedly |
| 歳歳(碎碎)平安 | PUN: safe and sound year after year/smashed safe and sound |
| 張燈結綵 | IE: to be decorated with lanterns and colored hangings (for a joyous occasion) |
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