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粽子节，忍不住和大家分享几个相关的表达~通过本文，我们能学到：

“粽子”用英语可以怎么说？

如何向老外介绍粽子？

怎么包粽子？

“农历几月几是...节”可以怎么说？

一、“粽子”用英语可以怎么说？

最简单粗暴的一个词：

Zongzi

，比如 Xinhua News 中的报道：

CHICAGO, June 17(Xinhua) -- Lao Sze Chuan, the most recognized Chinese restaurant located on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago, offered

Zongzi

, a kind of

rice dumpling

on Sundan to mark traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.

随着中国影响力的提升，越来越多的中国文化被西方所知晓，很多具有中国特色的词汇可以直接上拼音，比如“户口”→Hukou system，“高考”→Gaokao，“粽子”→Zongzi.

我们也可以用

rice dumplings

、

sticky rice dumplings

来表示“粽子”，此外，还有

rice pudding

，我们看 CGTN 的报道：

International students in eastern Jiangsu Province tried their hands on making

rice pudding

, known as Zongzi along with their Chinese teachers ahead of the traditional festival which is said to remember Chinese poet Qu Yuan(340-278BC).

总结

“粽子”主要有以下几种说法：

Zongzi, rice dumplings, sticky rice dumplings, rice pudding.

二、如何向老外介绍粽子？

Xinhua News 有这么一段报道：

The restaurant offered Zongzi in two tastes: the big ones have yolk and pork wrapped in with

glutinous rice

; while the small ones are sweet with dates and beans.

该饭店提供两种口味的粽子(offer Zongzi in two tastes)，一种是大粽子，把蛋黄和猪肉包进糯米里(have yolk and pork wrapped in with glutinous rice)；另一种是小粽子，它的味道是甜的，里面放着枣和豆子(the small ones are sweet with dates and beans)。

其实就是“咸粽(salty)”和“甜粽(sweet)”之分。

have yolk and pork wrapped in 是 have sth done 的形式，“使某事被(别人)做”；glutinous rice 指“糯米”，也可以用"sticky rice"、"sweet rice"来替换；date 在这里是熟词僻义，指“小枣”。

现在会向老外介绍粽子的口味、原料了吧

三、怎么包粽子？

直接看报道：

With two bamboo leaves in hand, it takes a while for William Hennessy to learn how to fold them into a cone where glutinous rice and other fillings can be stuffed without leakage. Tying up in the final stage also took him some time, as the Zongzi he made frequently came loose.

这段话描述了一个外国人学包粽子的场景。

首先准备两片竹叶放在手上(With two bamboo leaves in hand)，把它们折成圆锥体(fold them into a cone)，再把糯米和其他馅料(fillings)填进去(stuff)，注意不要漏出来(without leakage)。最后(in the final stage)，包好(tie up)，注意不要让叶子松掉(come loose).

每个地方的粽子都不一样，粽叶有的地方用竹叶(bamboo leaves)，有的地方用苇叶(reed leaves)，还有用玉米叶(maize leaves)的。

The fillings used for zongzi also vary from region to region. 比如南方一般放 salted duck egg, pork belly；而北方经常放 red bean paste(红豆沙)、date 之类的。

这段话可以稍作修改，用来向老外介绍如何包粽子：

With two bamboo leaves in hand, you should fold them into a cone where glutinous rice and other fillings can be stuffed without leakage. In the final stage, you should tie up, but be careful - don"t let Zongzi come loose.

四、“农历几月几是...节”可以怎么说？

粽子节在每年农历的五月五，表示农历的日子，只需要在日期后面加上"of the lunar calendar"或"of the traditional Chinese calendar"(来自Wikipedia)就可以了，也可以用介词on/in，我们看 Xinhua News 的报道：

On every fifth of May on Lunar Calendar

, Chinese will eat Zongzi to

commemorate the death of Qu Yuan

, a famous Chinese poet as well as a patriotic living during the Warring States period.

on every fifth of May on Lunar Calendar 在每年的农历五月五日。

commemorate the death of Qu Yuan, 纪念屈原之死，也可以用 remember 来表示：remember the death of Qu Yuan.

再来看 CGTN 的报道：

People in China

have joined in celebrations for

the Dragon Boat Festival which will

be marked on

June 18.

join in celebrations for 是“庆祝”的意思，可以替换 celebrate.

节日+be marked on+日期

，这个公式可以用来表示“几号是...节日”，也可以用

be observed on

来替换。

再来看中新网的报道：

Zongzi, also known as rice dumplings, is a traditional Chinese food eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival which

falls on

the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, the festivities

fall on

June 18.

节日+fall on+日期

，是另一个表示

“几号是...节日”的表达方式。但

文中连用两个 fall on 显得重复，

把其中一个改成"be observed/marked on"更好一些。

英文是一门忌讳重复的语言，同样的意思要用不同的表达方式去表达，这也是我经常补充一些同义替换的原因之一。

小结：

表示“农历”，可以用"

of the lunar calendar"或"of the traditional Chinese calendar"来表示，也可以把介词换成on/in.

表示“几号是...节日”，我们可以说：

节日 fall on 日期

节日 be marked on 日期

节日 be observed on 日期。

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