庆祝

qìngzhù

Traditional: 庆祝

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Translation

to celebrate, to mark an occasion

Word origin

A compound of 庆 (qìng, to congratulate or rejoice) and 祝 (zhù, to wish or pray), combining two ideas of joyful well-wishing into the sense of celebrating.

Origin
compound
Root
庆 (qìng, to rejoice) + 祝 (zhù, to wish)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 庆

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Examples

We celebrated her birthday together.

Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate the new year.

The company held a party to celebrate its tenth anniversary.

They plan to go to a restaurant to celebrate.

Something worth celebrating finally happened.

庆祝 (qìng zhù) means to celebrate or to mark a happy occasion such as a birthday, festival or achievement. It takes an event as its object, as in 庆祝生日.

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This word is part of lesson 31.