jan4 jat6人日
Jyutpingjan4 jat6
Yaleyàhn yaht
Definition
The seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar, traditionally regarded as the birthday of humankind.
colloquialfestivaltime
How it's used
Celebrated on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, this day is traditionally considered the birthday of all people. Families often gather to eat seven-vegetable soup or raw fish salad to mark the occasion. It serves as a final festive milestone before the Lantern Festival concludes the New Year period.
Examples
Today is Renri, remember to eat more festive dishes.
Do you know which day Renri is?
Related words
Common phrases
Happy Renri
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
