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暑假 meaning in English

shǔjià

summer vacation

HSK 4noun23 strokes

Meaning of 暑假

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shǔjià
  1. summer vacation

Measure word: 個|个

How to use 暑假

暑假 is mainly used for the long summer break of students and teachers, not for a worker's personal holiday. It often appears with 放 (fàng) or 过 (guò). Example: 你暑假打算做什么？(Nǐ shǔjià dǎsuàn zuò shénme?) What are you planning to do over summer vacation?

暑 (shǔ) has 日 (sun) on top, so think of the hot summer sun, and 假 (jià) means a break from school or work. Put them together and you get the hot-weather break: summer vacation.

Common mistake: In 暑假, 假 is read in the fourth tone, jià. Learners often say jiǎ, which is the reading in 假如 (jiǎrú, if) and 真假 (zhēnjiǎ, true or false). Also, 暑 is easy to confuse with 署 (shǔ, office), which has 罒 on top instead of 日.

暑假 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

跟gēn我wǒ说shuō你nǐ上shàng个gè暑shǔ假jià做zuò了le什shén么me。
Tell me what you did last summer vacation.
暑shǔ假jià？暑shǔ假jià是shì什shén么me意yì思si啊a？
Summer vacation? What does "summer vacation" mean?
我wǒ放fàng完wán暑shǔ假jià马mǎ上shàng就jiù要yào考kǎo试shì了le。
I'll have exams right after the summer holidays.
暑shǔ假jià怎zěn么me还hái不bù快kuài点diǎn来lái啊a。
Why is the summer holiday not here already!
暑shǔ假jià期qī间jiān，我wǒ在zài邮yóu局jú工gōng作zuò。
I worked in a post office during the summer vacation.

Stroke order for each character

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暑 shǔ · hot · 12 strokes

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假 jiǎ · fake · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 暑假.

放假fàngjiàto have a holiday or vacation
请假qǐngjiàto request leave of absence
假期jiàqīholiday period; vacation
休假xiūjiàto go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
假如jiǎrúif
寒假hánjiàwinter vacation
假日jiàrìa holiday; a day off
长假chángjiàlong vacation
节假日jiéjiàrìpublic holiday
假装jiǎzhuāngto feign; to pretend
假设jiǎshèto suppose; to presume
度假dùjiàto go on holidays; to spend one's vacation

Questions about 暑假

What does 暑假 mean?

暑假 (shǔjià) means "summer vacation" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 暑假?

暑假 is made of 2 characters: 暑 (12 strokes), 假 (11 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 暑假 an HSK word?

Yes. 暑假 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 暑假 and 假期?

暑假 means specifically the summer break, usually for schools. 假期 (jiàqī) is a general word for any holiday period, such as a national holiday or a winter break.

How do I say winter vacation?

Use 寒假 (hánjià), where 寒 means cold. Chinese students usually have 寒假 around Spring Festival and 暑假 in July and August.

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