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🇨🇳 Chinese culture and festival words

The festivals, the places people go for them, and the ideas underneath. This is the part of a language that stops you being a tourist. Press any line to hear it.

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Temple & Culture

僧侣sēnglǚMonk
合十礼héshí lǐThai greeting (wai)
做功德zuò gōngdéMake merit
xiāngIncense
佛像fóxiàngBuddha statue
文化wénhuàCulture
传统chuántǒngTradition
脱鞋tuōxiéTake off your shoes
尊重zūnzhòngTo respect
剃度仪式tìdù yíshìOrdination ceremony

At the Temple

寺庙sìmiàoTemple
和尚héshàngMonk
佛像fóxiàngBuddha image
合十礼héshí lǐTo pay respect (wai)
xiāngIncense
蜡烛làzhúCandle
做功德zuò gōngdéTo make merit
祈祷qídǎoTo pray / chant
宗教zōngjiàoReligion
跪拜guìbàiTo bow / prostrate
捐赠juānzèngTo donate
平静píngjìngPeaceful

Countries & Nationalities

国家guójiāCountry
国籍guójíNationality
外国人wàiguórénForeigner
美国měiguóAmerica
英国yīngguóEngland
中国zhōngguóChina
日本rìběnJapan
韩国hánguóKorea
法国fǎguóFrance
德国déguóGermany
印度yìndùIndia
语言yǔyánLanguage

Philosophy & Big Questions

哲学zhéxuéPhilosophy
生命的意义shēngmìng de yìyìThe meaning of life
幸福是什么?xìngfú shì shénme ?What is happiness?
伦理lúnlǐEthics
自由意志zìyóu yìzhìFree will
智慧zhìhuìWisdom
理性lǐxìngReason
存在cúnzàiExistence
意识yìshíConsciousness
命运mìngyùnFate
提出疑问tíchū yíwènTo question things
观点guāndiǎnPoint of view
没有标准答案méiyǒu biāozhǔndáànNo fixed answer
我们为什么存在?wǒmen wèishénme cúnzài ?Why are we here?

Art & Painting

艺术yìshùArt
上色shàng sèTo paint
画笔huàbǐPaintbrush
画布huàbùCanvas
水彩shuǐcǎiWatercolor
油画颜料yóuhuà yánliàoOil paint
画作huàzuòPainting
美术馆měishùguǎnArt gallery
雕塑diāosùTo sculpt
杰作jiézuòMasterpiece

Superstitions & Luck

霉运méiyùnBad luck
护身符hùshēnfúAmulet
神龛shénkānSpirit house
guǐGhost
运势yùnshìFortune
算命先生suànmìngxiānshēngFortune teller
预兆yùzhàoOmen
幸运数字xìngyùn shùzìLucky number
敲木头qiāo mùtouKnock on wood
迷信míxìnSuperstitious

Zodiac & Horoscopes

星座xīngzuòZodiac sign
命运mìngyùnHoroscope
生肖shēngxiàoChinese zodiac
犯太岁fàn tàisuìUnlucky year
算命suànmìngFortune reading
塔罗牌tǎluópáiTarot cards
看手相kànshǒuxiàngPalm reading
占星术zhānxīngshùAstrology
吉时jíshíAuspicious time
命中注定的人mìngzhōngzhùdìng de rénSoulmate

Poetry & Stories

shīPoem
诗人shīrénPoet
文学wénxuéLiterature
民间故事mínjiāngùshìFolk tale
情节qíngjiéPlot
章节zhāngjiéChapter
比喻bǐyùMetaphor
作诗zuò shīTo compose a poem
手稿shǒugǎoManuscript
出版社chūbǎnshèPublisher

Myths & Legends

传说chuánshuōLegend
童话tónghuàFairy tale
lóngDragon
那伽nà gāNaga
巨人jùrénGiant
仙女xiānnǚFairy
美人鱼měirényúMermaid
不朽bùxiǔImmortal
诅咒zǔzhòuCurse
魔法mófǎMagic

Songkran Festival

泼水pōshuǐTo splash water
水枪shuǐqiāngWater gun
白粉膏bái fěngāoWhite powder paste
为长辈洗手祈福wèi zhǎngbèi xǐshǒu qífúPouring water on elders' hands
泰国新年tàiguó xīnniánThai New Year
防水fángshuǐWaterproof
游行队伍yóuxíng duìwǔParade
浴佛yùfóBathing the Buddha image
花衬衫huā chènshānFlower-print shirt
长假chángjiàLong holiday

At the Temple Fair

摘星抽奖zhāixīng chōujiǎngStar lottery game
泰国圆圈舞tàiguó yuánquān wǔThai circle dance
飞镖扎气球fēibiāo zhā qìqiúBalloon darts
泰国民间戏剧tàiguó mínjiān xìjùThai folk theater
露天电影lùtiāndiànyǐngOutdoor cinema
落水游戏luòshuǐ yóuxìDunk tank
打靶游戏dǎbǎ yóuxìShooting gallery
充气城堡chōngqì chéngbǎoBouncy castle
露天舞台lùtiān wǔtáiOpen-air stage
游园会奖品yóuyuánhuì jiǎngpǐnCarnival prize
人山人海rénshānrénhǎiHuge crowd
彩票cǎipiàoLottery ticket
年度庙会niándù miàohuìAnnual fair
冰淇淋车bīngqílín chēIce cream cart
幸运转盘xìngyùn zhuànpánPrize wheel

Loy Krathong

水灯shuǐdēngKrathong
满月mǎnyuèFull moon
香蕉叶xiāngjiāoyèBanana leaf
烟花yānhuāFireworks
孔明灯kǒngmíngdēngSky lantern
向河神致歉xiàng héshén zhìqiànTo ask the river for forgiveness
河边hébiānRiverside
烛光zhúguāngCandlelight
月圆之夜yuè yuánzhīyèFull moon night
水灯里的硬币shuǐdēng lǐ de yìngbìCoin in the krathong
水流shuǐliúThe current
水中倒影shuǐzhōng dàoyǐngReflection on the water
泰历十二月tàilì shíèryuèTwelfth lunar month
优美yōuměiGraceful
放天灯fàng tiāndēngTo release a lantern

Architecture

建筑师jiànzhùshīArchitect
图纸túzhǐBlueprint
结构jiégòuStructure
地基桩dìjī zhuāngFoundation pile
横梁héngliángBeam
摩天大楼mótiāndàlóuSkyscraper
泰式建筑tàishì jiànzhùThai architecture
人字形屋顶rénzìxíng wūdǐngGabled roof
模型móxíngScale model
使用面积shǐyòng miànjīUsable space
承重墙chéngzhòngqiángLoad-bearing wall
按图施工àntú shīgōngTo build to plan
建筑材料jiànzhùcáiliàoBuilding materials
施工许可shīgōng xǔkěBuilding permit
设计房子shèjì fángziTo design a house

Buddhist Wisdom

业力yèlìKarma
放下fàngxiàTo let go
无常wúchángImpermanence
慈心cíxīnLoving kindness
涅槃nièpánNirvana
五戒wǔjièThe five precepts
善有善报shànyǒushànbàoGood deeds return good
轮回lúnhuíThe cycle of rebirth
中道zhōngdàoThe middle path
萨图安曼sàtú ānmànSathu