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Re:Chinese New Year v.s. Lunar New Year by tacostakohashi on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:02PM (#47068151)
They're not mutually exclusive.
Re:Chinese New Year v.s. Lunar New Year by markus_zhang on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @06:27PM (#47067846)
I’m lazy so I just say Happy new year.
Re:Chinese New Year v.s. Lunar New Year by yj_true on Thursday February 19, 2026 @02:42AM (#47071025)
same
Re:Chinese New Year v.s. Lunar New Year by muzani on Thursday February 19, 2026 @05:17AM (#47072192)
Useful graph from Jane: https://www.threads.com/@wongmjane/post/DUzvR7_ESDa/i-came-u...

Malaysians call it CNY. Part of it is because Korean, Mongolian, etc are more of a minority here. I think another part of it is because the Islamic year is also lunar, which makes it more confusing. Especially this year, where CNY coincides with Ramadan.