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国庆节 (guó qìng jié) — National Day (October 1, China's national holiday)

Definition

noun
National Day (October 1, China's national holiday)

Examples

  • 国庆节。
    Měi nián shí yuè yí rì shì zhōng guó de guó qìng jié.
    Every year October 1st is China's National Day.
  • 国庆节，。
    guó qìng jié Qī jiān, tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng yǒu shèng dà de yuè bīng shì.
    During National Day, there is a grand military parade at Tiananmen Square.
  • 国庆节。
    Wǒ men quán jiā dǎ suàn zài guó qìng jié qù lǚ yóu.
    My whole family plans to travel during National Day.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

国庆national celebration
国guónation庆qìngcelebration
偏正Modifier + head
节jiéfestival

国 means nation, 庆 celebration, and 节 festival, so the word names the national holiday.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéiclosure
Sound part声符shēngfú
或
或huò國guó
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

Open 国 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 慶; 庆 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 庆 comes from the traditional 慶, which pairs 廌, drawn as an antelope, with 心, a heart; the heart part showed goodness or blessing, and obtaining such a beautiful animal was worth celebrating.

Open 庆 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →
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