庆祝
qìngzhùTraditional: 庆祝
#1532 of 5,000 Core 5000
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
庆
祝
Examples
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We celebrated her birthday together.
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Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate the new year.
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The company held a party to celebrate its tenth anniversary.
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They plan to go to a restaurant to celebrate.
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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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