Chinese for events and festivals
Very specific Mandarin vocabulary for 54 events: trade fairs, sport, elections, festivals and religious holidays. The words you need to talk about each one.
Events
- Canton Fair 广交会
- The Olympics 奥运会
- The World Cup 世界杯
- Football leagues 足球联赛
- Basketball leagues 篮球联赛
- UFC & MMA 综合格斗
- Boxing 拳击
- Sumo 相扑
- Marathons 马拉松
- Formula One 一级方程式赛车
- Tennis Grand Slams 网球大满贯
- The Super Bowl & American football 超级碗
- Elections 选举
- The gaokao (university entrance exam) 高考
- New Year's Eve & Day 跨年和元旦
- New Year's resolutions 新年目标
- Winter holidays & skiing 滑雪度假
- Christmas 圣诞节
- Christmas dinner 圣诞大餐
- Christmas shopping & markets 圣诞购物
- Secret Santa & office Christmas parties 交换礼物
- Company annual party (Nianhui) 年会
- Halloween 万圣节
- Valentine's Day & Qixi 情人节和七夕
- International Women's Day 妇女节
- Mother's Day & Father's Day 母亲节和父亲节
- May Day Golden Week 五一黄金周
- Children's Day 儿童节
- Teachers' Day 教师节
- National Day Golden Week 国庆黄金周
- Lantern Festival 元宵节
- Qingming Festival 清明节
- Spring Festival travel 春运
- Chinese New Year's Eve dinner 年夜饭
- Red envelopes (hongbao) 红包
- The Spring Festival Gala 春晚
- Chinese New Year greetings & wishes 拜年话
- Chinese New Year customs & taboos 过年禁忌
- Temple fairs 庙会
- Singles' Day (Double 11) 双十一
- Black Friday & the sales 黑五打折季
- Thanksgiving 感恩节
- Bonfire Night & fireworks 篝火之夜
- Remembrance Day 国殇纪念日
- Winter Solstice (Dongzhi) 冬至
- Laba Festival 腊八节
- Ramadan 斋月
- Eid al-Fitr 开斋节
- Eid al-Adha 古尔邦节
- Hajj 朝觐
- Easter 复活节
- Diwali 排灯节
- Buddha's Birthday (Vesak) 佛诞节
- Hanukkah 光明节