年畫

简 年画 · 繁 年畫
Mandarin · pinyin nián huà

Meanings

  1. New Year (Spring Festival) picture
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年
nián · year; new-years; person's age
畫
huà · delineate, painting, picture, drawing; draw
画
huà · a painting, picture, drawing; to draw
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2–4 · nian2 hua4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

nin4 waa2

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noun

  1. New Year picture (Chinese colored woodblock print used for decoration during the Chinese New Year) (Classifier: 幅 m c; 張/张 m c)

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