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title: "Winter Solstice 2026: Date, Greetings and Words in Chinese (冬至)"
description: "Winter Solstice 2026 is on Tuesday, 22 December 2026, the solar term Winter Solstice, 21 or 22 December. The shortest day of the year: in the north people eat dumplings, in the south tangyuan. Its greetings and words in Chinese, with pinyin and audio."
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author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# Winter Solstice 冬至

Tuesday, 22 December 2026 · in 56 days

The shortest day of the year: in the north people eat dumplings, in the south tangyuan.

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dōngzhì冬至dào到le了，běifāng北方rén人chī吃jiǎozi饺子。

When the winter solstice comes, northerners eat dumplings.

nánfāngrén南方人dōngzhì冬至chī吃tāngyuán汤圆。

Southerners eat tangyuan at the solstice.

dōngzhì冬至zhètiān这天，báitiān白天zuì最duǎn短，yèwǎn夜晚zuì最cháng长。

On the solstice the day is shortest and the night longest.

## When is Winter Solstice 2026?

Tuesday, 22 December 2026, the solar term Winter Solstice, 21 or 22 December. In 2027 it is on Wednesday, 22 December 2027.

## How do you say When the winter solstice comes, northerners eat dumplings. in Chinese?

冬至到了，北方人吃饺子 (dōngzhì dào le běifāng rén chī jiǎozi). Press Play to hear it, then say it with the voice.

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Dates from the Hong Kong Observatory’s calendar tables; pinyin from our own reader.