WordTaiwan frequency #10,318
元宵節
ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
“traditional festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month; marked by lantern displays, lion dances, riddles, and eating tangyuan”
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元
ㄩㄢˊ
The basic unit of Chinese currency; the first or beginning; origin; head; a surname; dynasty name; mathematical variable; geological eon.
宵
ㄒㄧㄠ
night; evening; dark; late at night; specifically refers to the Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month).
節
ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Joint or segment of a plant stem or animal bone; section or paragraph; moral integrity or principles; classifier for lessons or train cars; seasonal festival or solar term.
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- 美元ㄇㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊUS dollar; the official currency of the United States; used in mainland China and Taiwan to refer to the American dollar
- 節目ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄨˋTV or radio program; show; an item or segment in a performance; a scheduled activity or event.
- 多元ㄉㄨㄛ ㄩㄢˊpoly-; multi-; involving many elements, factors, or variants; multivariate (math)
- 元素ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋa basic component or factor of something; a chemical element; a member of a set in mathematics.
- 細節ㄒㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊdetails; small specific points or particulars; minor or trivial matters.
- 春節ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊSpring Festival; Chinese New Year holiday period; traditionally the start of spring, now the lunar New Year.
- 西元ㄒㄧ ㄩㄢˊWestern calendar era; Anno Domini; Gregorian calendar year numbering used in Taiwan.
- 情節ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊplot or storyline of a story; sequence of events; circumstances or details of a situation; (archaic) moral integrity or personal conduct
- 季節ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊseason; a period of the year marked by particular weather, activities, or conditions.
- 節奏ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄡˋrhythm; tempo; musical pulse; beat; cadence; a regular pattern of strong and weak or long and short beats; figuratively, a regular or orderly progression or pace of events
- 關節ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˊjoint (physiology); key point; critical phase; (Taiwan) secret bribery; (Taiwan) secret code; (Taiwan) scheme
- 公元ㄍㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊCommon Era; CE; AD — the calendar era counting years from the traditional birth of Jesus Christ.