Meaning of 假日
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- a holiday; a day off
How to use 假日
假日 is a slightly formal or written word for a day off or a holiday, often seen in phrases like 节假日 (jiéjiàrì, public holidays) or 假日酒店 (holiday hotel). In casual speech people often say 放假 (fàngjià) or 休息日 instead. Example: 假日里商场人很多。(Jiàrì lǐ shāngchǎng rén hěn duō.) The malls are crowded on holidays.
假 (jià) means time off from work or school, and 日 (rì) means day. Put them together and a 假日 is simply a day you get off.
Common mistake: 假 has two readings. In 假日 and 放假 it is fourth tone jià, but in 真假 (zhēnjiǎ, real or fake) and 假的 (jiǎ de, fake) it is third tone jiǎ, so learners often say jiǎrì by mistake.
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假 jiǎ · fake · 11 strokes
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日 rì · sun · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 假日.
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday |
| 日期 | rìqī | date |
| 放假 | fàngjià | to have a holiday or vacation |
| 请假 | qǐngjià | to request leave of absence |
| 星期日 | xīngqīrì | Sunday |
| 日子 | rìzi | day; a (calendar) date |
| 假期 | jiàqī | holiday period; vacation |
| 休假 | xiūjià | to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave |
| 节日 | jiérì | holiday; festival |
| 日报 | rìbào | daily newspaper |
| 日常 | rìcháng | day-to-day; daily; everyday |
| 假如 | jiǎrú | if |
Questions about 假日
What does 假日 mean?
假日 (jiàrì) means "a holiday; a day off" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 假日?
假日 is made of 2 characters: 假 (11 strokes), 日 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 假日 an HSK word?
Yes. 假日 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 假日 and 假期?
假日 usually refers to a single day off or holidays in general. 假期 (jiàqī) means a holiday period or vacation, such as summer break, which can last days or weeks.
Does 假日 mean a fake day?
No. The 假 here is read jià and means leave or time off. The meaning fake belongs to the other reading, jiǎ.