1习俗
custom; convention (xísú)
2传统
tradition; traditional (chuántǒng)
3风俗习惯
folk customs (fēngsú xíguàn)
4大扫除
thorough cleaning (dà sǎo chú)
5贴春联 ；写春联
paste Spring Festival couplets (tiē chūn lián); write Spring Festival couplets
6办年货
make new year purchases (bàn niánhuò)
7吃年夜饭； 吃团圆饭
eat new year eve dinner/ reunion dinner (chī nián yè fàn; chī tuán yuán fàn)
8拜年
to wish someone a Happy Chinese New Year (bài nián)
9吃年糕
eat New Year cake (chī nián gāo)
10说吉祥话
say auspicious words (shuō jí xiáng huà)
11长辈发红包
the elders give red envelope (zhǎngbèi fāhóngbāo)
12晚辈拿压岁钱
younger generation receives money (red envelope) (压岁钱 = money in a red envelope given to children as a lunar New Year gift)
13守岁
to stay up all night on New Year's Eve (shǒusuì)
14看春晚
(in mainland China) watch Spring Festival gala (kàn chūn wǎn)
15放鞭炮； 放爆竹
to set off firecrackers (fàng biānpào; fàng bàozhú)
16走亲访友
to visit relatives and friends (zǒu qīn fǎng yǒu)
17家庭聚会
family gathering (jiātíng jùhuì)
18看灯会
visit Lantern Festival, Lantern Exhibit (kàn dēng huì)
19看烟火
watch firework (kàn yānhuǒ)
20表演
performance, to perform (biǎoyǎn)
21舞龙舞狮
dragon dance and lion dance (wǔ lóng wǔ shī)
22围炉
the whole family sit around a furnace or hotpot for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner (wéi lú) )another expression for 年夜饭，团圆饭)
23吃火锅
eat hot pot (chī huǒ guō)
24腊月
twelfth lunar month (là yuè)
25正月
first lunar month (zhēng yuè)
26除夕；除夕夜
Chinese New Year's Eve (chú xī; chú xī yè)
28大年初一； 正月初一
Chinese New Year's Day (dà nián chū yī; zhēng yuè chū yī)
29猜灯谜
to guess lantern riddles (cāi dēng mí)
30祭祖
to offer sacrifices to ancestors; to worship ancestors (jì zǔ)
31打麻将
(dǎ má jiàng) to play mahjong
32回娘家
to return to the bride's home (huí niāng jiā)