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CNY

CNY is the initialism of Chinese New Year.

Meaning of Chinese New Year

Proper noun

Chinese New Year (plural Chinese New Years)

  1. 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).
    • Near-synonyms: Lunar New Year, Spring Festival (synonymous in context)

Questions about CNY

What is CNY the initialism of?
CNY is the initialism of Chinese New Year.

Words near CNY in the dictionary

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  2. Cnutian
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  4. CNVs
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  8. CO detector
  9. CO$
  10. co's
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Adapted from Wiktionary: CNY (page history and authors); Chinese New Year (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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