光棍節 [－－节]

Jyutping gwong1 gwan3 zit3
Pinyin guāng gùn jié

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    Singles' Day, celebrated annually on the 11th of November
    (syn.) 雙十一, 双十一
    • 就在記者以為今年光棍節與去年一樣，沒有多少人登記結婚的時候，前來排隊的新人開始逐漸增多。
      就在记者以为今年光棍节与去年一样，没有多少人登记结婚的时候，前来排队的新人开始逐渐增多。
      jiù zài jì zhě yǐ wèi jīn nián guāng gùn jié yǔ qù nián yī yàng ， méi yǒu duō shào rén dēng jì jié hūn de shí hòu ， qián lái pái duì de xīn rén kāi shǐ zhú jiàn zēng duō ．
      Right as the journalist thought that this year's Singles' Day is the same as last year's, that not many people would go get married at the registry, there were gradually more newlyweds-to-be coming to line up [at the registry].
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    在中国十一月十一号是光棍节。
    在中國十一月十一號是光棍節。
    zài zhōng guó shí yī yuè shí yī hào shì guāng gùn jié 。
    • In China, the 11th of November is Singles Day.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    就在记者以为今年光棍节与去年一样，没有多少人登记结婚的时候，前来排队的新人开始逐渐增多。
    就在記者以為今年光棍節與去年一樣，沒有多少人登記結婚的時候，前來排隊的新人開始逐漸增多。
    jiù zài jì zhě yǐ wèi jīn nián guāng gùn jié yǔ qù nián yī yàng ， méi yǒu duō shào rén dēng jì jié hūn de shí hòu ， qián lái pái duì de xīn rén kāi shǐ zhú jiàn zēng duō ．
    • Right as the journalist thought that this year's Singles' Day is the same as last year's, that not many people would go get married at the registry, there were gradually more newlyweds-to-be coming to line up [at the registry].