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国庆 (Guó qìng) — National Day (of China)

Definition

国庆 (Guóqìng) specifically means China's National Day on October 1st. Unlike the more general 庆典 (any grand celebration), it refers to this fixed national holiday.

noun
National Day (of China)

Examples

  • 国庆。
    Wǒ men dǎ suàn zài Guó qìng qī jiān qù lǚ xíng.
    We plan to travel during National Day.
  • 国庆。
    Guó qìng Shì shí yuè yí rì.
    National Day is October 1st.
  • 国庆。
    Měi nián Guó qìng dōu yǒu hěn duō qìng zhù huó dòng.
    Every year there are many celebration activities on 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guócountry
庆qìngcelebration

The characters for country and celebration combine to mean a country's celebration day.

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 →
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