Teaching Resource
Chinese New Year Word Wall Vocabulary
Fifty-eight Chinese New Year related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
Print out these Chinese New Year Word Wall Vocabulary cards and cut them along the line. Stick them up around your room to immerse your students in the content specific vocabulary.
There is a blank sheet provided at the end for any extra words that your students may want to add.
Words include:
festival, fireworks, firecrackers, Chinese New Year, lantern festival, phases of the moon, zodiac, year, tradition, prosperity, prosperous, calendar, family, fortune, golden, lights, longevity, symbols, reunion, lunar, spirits, success, emperor, wealth, yin and yang, fortune cookie, good fortune, bamboo, blessings, good luck, boar, dog, dragon, goat, lion, monkey, pig, panda, horse, mouse, ox, rabbit, rat, snake, tiger, rooster, China, Chinese, dumplings, full moon, new year, new moon, dragon dance, new year cake, red envelope, gratitude, moon cake and evil spirit.
Chinese New Year Vocabulary
festival | fireworks | firecrackers |
Chinese New Year | lantern festival | phases of the moon |
zodiac | year | tradition |
prosperity | prosperous | calendar |
family | fortune | golden |
lights | longevity | symbols |
reunion | lunar | spirits |
success | emperor | wealth |
yin and yang | fortune cookie | good fortune |
bamboo | blessings | good luck |
boar | dog | dragon |
goat | lion | monkey |
pig | panda | horse |
mouse | ox | rabbit |
rat | snake | tiger |
China | Chinese | dumplings |
full moon | new year | new moon |
dragon dance | new year cake | red envelope |
gratitude | moon cake | evil spirit |
NSW Curriculum alignment
- HT2-1
Identifies celebrations and commemorations of significance in Australia and the world
Victorian Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACHASSK065
Celebrations and commemorations in places around the world (for example, Chinese New Year in countries of the Asia region, Bastille Day in France, Independence Day in the USA), including those that are observed in Australia (for example, Christmas Da...

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Overlapping text issue fixed.
Fix by Scott (Teach Starter) Jan 14th, 2017
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i am trying to download resources for Chinese New Year. the word wall words are not good! they overlap and therefore not very legible, whats happening?
Robyn Cox ยท Jan 14th, 2017