除夕

chúxī
  1. (by extension) New Year's Eve (day or night before New Year)
  2. Chinese New Year's Eve (day or night before Chinese New Year)
  3. New Year's Eve (day or night before New Year)

Wiktionary

Homographs

除夕 Chúxī lunar New Year's Eve

Entry Composition

1 除 chú
  1. to get rid of
  2. to remove
  3. to exclude
  4. to eliminate
  5. to wipe out
  6. to divide
  7. except
  8. not including
2 夕 xī
  1. (bound form) sunset; dusk
  2. (bound form) evening; night
  3. Taiwan pr. xì

Containing this entry

小除夕 xiǎochúxī the day before New Year's Eve
除夕夜 chúxīyè