How do you pronounce chinese new year?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌt͡ʃaɪˌniz ˈn(j)u ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/.

chinese new year

/ˌt͡ʃaɪˌniz ˈn(j)u ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables: Chin-ese New Year
IPA: /ˌt͡ʃaɪˌniz ˈn(j)u ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/

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An annual Chinese festival marking the beginning of the new year according to the Chinese lunisolar calendar, starting on the first day of the first lunar month and traditionally ending on the fifteenth day when there is a full moon. It is often celebrated by visiting family and friends, and giving gifts of money in red envelopes (ang pows or hongbao).

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: Lunar New Year, Spring Festival (synonymous in context)"
"The Chin-yve [Chunjie], or Chineſe''' nevv year, begins vvith the nevv moon that falls next to the 5th of February, or the 15th degree of Aquarius, vvhich divides into tvvo equal parts the ſpace betvveen tvvo points in the equinox, and ſolſtice; and on that day according to them, the ſun enters a ſign they call Lie-chun, or the reſurrection of the ſpring."
"Very soon after the Chinese New years day, in February, the fragrant orchid, the Lan-hua, is brought in from the hills for sale in great quantities, and may be seen and its fragrance noticed in many a Chinese home."
"Late in January a fusillade of Pentagon communiques announced that the Chinese New Year would be upon us come early February. In over 60 Chinese New Years, this was the first time the Pentagon has ever alerted us that another one was just around the corner, as if it were a cataclysmic event warranting some form of immediate action. Why the unusual preoccupation with the "Year of the Dragon"?"
"I was too old to receive a hongbao (the Chinese New Year hongbao is strictly for children and teenagers and some young single adults) but before I left the LiuJiang village, Jake gave me a four-volume set of A Dream Of Red Mansions … one of China's Four Great Classical Novels, considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature, […]"
"In a Chinese New Year video message posted on her Facebook page yesterday, President Halimah Yacob said the fact that the celebrations here also commonly embrace those of other races is "true to the Singapore spirit"."

Etymology

From Chinese (adjective) + New Year (noun), the latter component matching the traditional name of the holiday, Mandarin 新年 (xīnnián, “New Year”): new (xīn) + year (nián).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌt͡ʃaɪˌniz ˈn(j)u ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/
British English: /ˌt͡ʃaɪˌniːz ˌnjuː ˈjɪə/

Inflected Forms

Chinese New Years (plural) CNY (alternative, abbreviation)

Synonyms

Chunjie Yuan Tan Lunar New Year Spring Festival