Meaning of 长假
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- long vacation
How to use 长假
长假 is used for extended holidays, especially China's week-long national breaks like the Spring Festival and National Day holidays. People often say 放长假 (fàng chángjià) for having a long holiday. Example: 国庆长假你去哪儿玩？(Guóqìng chángjià nǐ qù nǎr wán?) Where are you going during the National Day long holiday?
长 (cháng) means long and 假 (jià) means a holiday or time off, so 长假 is simply a long break. Picture a long road stretching ahead with no work on it.
Common mistake: Learners often read 长 as zhǎng, as in 长大 (zhǎngdà) or 校长 (xiàozhǎng), but here it means long and is read cháng. Also, 假 is fourth tone jià when it means vacation, not third tone jiǎ, which means fake.
长假 in example sentences
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长 cháng · long · 4 strokes
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假 jiǎ · fake · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 长假.
| 放假 | fàngjià | to have a holiday or vacation |
| 请假 | qǐngjià | to request leave of absence |
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 队长 | duìzhǎng | captain; team leader |
| 市长 | shìzhǎng | mayor |
| 校长 | xiàozhǎng | (college, university) president; headmaster |
| 假期 | jiàqī | holiday period; vacation |
| 家长 | jiāzhǎng | head of a household; family head |
| 休假 | xiūjià | to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave |
| 院长 | yuànzhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university presi |
| 组长 | zǔzhǎng | group leader |
| 班长 | bānzhǎng | class monitor; squad leader |
Questions about 长假
What does 长假 mean?
长假 (chángjià) means "long vacation" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 长假?
长假 is made of 2 characters: 长 (4 strokes), 假 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 长假 an HSK word?
Yes. 长假 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 长假 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 长假 is written 長假.
What is the difference between 长假 and 假期?
假期 (jiàqī) is a general word for any holiday period, long or short. 长假 specifically stresses that the break is long, such as a week or more.
Can 长假 mean long-term leave from a job?
Yes, in context it can refer to an extended leave, for example 请长假 (qǐng chángjià), to ask for a long leave of absence. Most often, though, people use it for public holidays.