元旦

yuándàn
  1. (specifically) New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar)
  2. New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar)
  3. the first day of a year

Wiktionary

Homographs

元旦 Yuándàn New Year's Day

Examples

元旦快樂！

Happy New Year!

Source: Tatoeba

元旦就在眼前。

New Year's Day is close at hand.

Source: Tatoeba

元旦是一年的關鍵。

New Year's Day is the key to the year.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 元 Yuán
  1. surname Yuan
  2. Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
=1 元 yuán
  1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
  2. (bound form) first; original; primary
  3. (bound form) basic; fundamental
  4. (bound form) constituent; part
  5. (prefix) meta-
  6. (math.) argument; variable
  7. era (of a reign)
  8. (Tw) (geology) eon
2 旦 dàn
  1. (literary) dawn; daybreak
  2. dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)