五一 (wǔ yī) — May Day (International Workers' Day, May 1st) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

May Day (International Workers' Day, May 1st)

Examples

五一，。
wǔ yī Shì guó jì láo dòng jié, hěn duō guó jiā dōu huì fàng jià.
May Day is International Workers' Day, and many countries have a holiday.
五一。
Jīn nián wǔ yī wǒ men dǎ suàn qù lǚ yóu.
This May Day we plan to travel.
五一，。
wǔ yī Qī jiān, shāng chǎng huì yǒu hěn duō cù xiāo huó dòng.
During the May Day period, shopping malls have many promotional events.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

An older form had a crossed mark between a top bar and a bottom bar. The modern 五 keeps those bars, while the original idea is uncertain.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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