贺岁

賀歲

hèsuì

verb #71,337

Meanings

1 to celebrate the Lunar New Year
2 to extend New Year greetings
3 New Year (of films or shows made for the holiday)

Characters

to congratulate

year; the New Year

Examples

HSK 7-9

春节到了，我们给爷爷奶奶打电话贺岁。

Chūnjié dào le, wǒmen gěi yéye nǎinai dǎ diànhuà hèsuì.

Spring Festival is here, so we phone Grandpa and Grandma to wish them a happy New Year.

HSK 7-9

这部电影专门为贺岁拍摄，大年初一全国上映。

Zhè bù diànyǐng zhuānmén wèi hèsuì pāishè, dàniánchūyī quánguó shàngyìng.

The film was made especially for the New Year holiday and opens nationwide on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Tips

usage

Mostly in written Chinese and in compounds: 贺岁片, a film released for Spring Festival, and 贺岁档, the holiday release season. The mainland genre took off with 冯小刚's comedies of the late 1990s. In speech, visiting or calling people with New Year wishes is 拜年.

Stroke Order

贺 hè

岁 suì