【節慶英文】農曆新年到！過年吉祥話、新年用語的英文

狗年迎新春！農曆新年就快到了，在國外要怎麼跟外國人介紹農曆新年習俗呢？發紅包、放鞭炮、各式新年吉祥話的英文又該怎麼說？今天就來學習關於農曆新年的英文用語

 

Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year ➩農曆新年

• Lunar 指的是太陰的意思，像是農曆的英文就是 Lunar Calendar，
• 正月（農曆一月）的英文就是 Lunar January
• 今年是狗年，狗年的英文就是 Year of the Dog

 

Spring festival➩ 春節

 Lunar New Year’s Eve ➩除夕

• Eve指的是前夕，像是平安夜（聖誕節前夕）英文是Christmas Eve

 

New Year’s Eve Dinner ➩年夜飯

Family Reunion Dinner ➩團圓宴

Lion dance➩舞獅

Dragon dance ➩舞龍

The monster Nien ➩年獸

 

Firecrackers➩鞭炮

• 而放鞭炮的放，這個動詞英文是Lighting，Light作為動詞指的是點燃、點亮。
• 放鞭炮 ➩Lighting firecrackers

 

Firework ➩煙火

Mahjong➩麻將

Red envelope (Lucky red envelope)/ Red packet (Lucky red packet)➩紅包

Spring couplets/ Red couplets ➩春聯（Couplet指的是對句）

Lucky money➩壓歲錢

Year-end bonus ➩年終獎金

 

Lantern ➩燈籠

• 燈會的英文就是Exhibits of lantern ，而元宵節則是叫做The Lantern Festival

New clothes➩新衣

 Staying up➩守歲

Temple ➩寺廟

Return to parents’ home➩回娘家

Worship ancestor ➩祭祖

Ask the gods for a prophecy➩求神問卜

Incense ➩香

Taboo ➩禁忌

 

【補充】過年一定要吃的東西包含：

Fish ➩魚，代表年年有餘

Orange ➩橘子，代表大吉大利

Leeks ➩韭菜，代表長久、永遠

Turnips ➩白蘿蔔，代表好彩頭

Rice cake/ New year cake ➩年糕，代表年年高升、逐步興旺

Dumplings ➩水餃，代表元寶，累積好運

Eight treasures rice/ Babao rice ➩八寶飯，代表恭喜發財

Spring roll ➩春捲，代表黃金萬兩

Perennial vegetables ➩長年菜，代表長壽

(Sweet) rice ball ➩湯圓，代表團團圓圓

Pineapple ➩鳳梨，代表旺來 

 

【補充】過年常說的吉祥話：

Lucky words ➩吉祥話

Happy Chinese New Years ➩新年快樂

Wish you prosperity and wealth ➩恭喜發財

May wealth come generously to you ➩財源廣進

Great fortune and great favour ➩大吉大利

May your happiness be as broad as the sea ➩喜氣洋洋

New year，new beginning ➩新的一年，新的開始

May you welcome happiness with the spring ➩迎春納福

May all your wishes come true ➩心想事成

May fortune come to your door ➩五福臨門

May there be bounty every year ➩年年有餘

May everything go as you hope ➩萬事如意

May you be blessed with peace and safety in all four seasons ➩四季平安

Everlasting peace year after year ➩歲歲平安

 

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常用Dialogs對話

How do you celebrate the Chinese New Year?

你怎麼慶祝農曆新年呢？

I had a family reunion dinner at Lunar New Year’s Eve.

我在除夕夜那天和家人吃了團圓飯

After the reunion dinner，I played Mahjong with relatives.

在吃了團圓飯之後，我和親戚們打了麻將

Besides，I got a lot of red envelopes! My grandmother gave me 10 thousand. OMG!

此外，我還得到了好多紅包！我的外婆給了我一萬塊 我的天哪！

My family and I stayed up all night to welcome the new year.

我跟我的家人整晚守歲不睡覺，歡迎新年的到來

My New Year’s resolution is to graduate!

我的新年新希望就是希望可以畢業！