Chinese symbol for “carnival”
嘉年华
jiā nián huá
Traditional: 嘉年華
(loanword) carnival
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carnival is 嘉年华 (jiā nián huá), defined as: (loanword) carnival.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “carnival”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狂欢节 (狂歡節) | kuáng huān jié | carnival |
| 游园会 (遊園會) | yóu yuán huì | garden party; fete (held in a garden or park); carnival; fair |
| 谢肉节 (謝肉節) | xiè ròu jié | carnival (esp. Christian) |
| 游艺会 (遊藝會) | yóu yì huì | folk festival; fair |
| 园游会 (園遊會) | yuán yóu huì | (Tw) garden party; fete (held in a garden or park); carnival; fair |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嘉年华.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘉宾 (嘉賓) | jiā bīn | esteemed guest; honored guest |
| 嘉奖 (嘉獎) | jiā jiǎng | to award; commendation |
| 嘉许 (嘉許) | jiā xǔ | favorable; praise |
| 可嘉 | kě jiā | laudable |
| 勇气可嘉 (勇氣可嘉) | yǒng qì kě jiā | to deserve praise for one's courage (idiom) |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 每年 | měi nián | every year; each year |
| 豪华 (豪華) | háo huá | luxurious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carnival”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.