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旺季 (wàng jì) — busy season; peak period

Definition

旺季 is the 'busy / peak season' for business or tourism — high demand and higher prices. Its direct opposite is 淡季 ('off season'); 时节 is a more general word for 'season / time of year'.

noun
busy seasonpeak period
Easily confused

Examples

  • 旺季。
    Chūn jié shì zhōng guó de lǚ yóu wàng jì.
    Spring Festival is the tourist peak season in China.
  • 旺季。
    Zhè jiā fàn diàn zài wàng jì shí shēng yì tè bié hǎo.
    This restaurant does particularly good business during peak season.
  • 旺季。
    wàng jì De jī piào bǐ píng shí guì hěn duō.
    Air tickets during peak season are much more expensive than usual.

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.

旺wàngvigorous
季jìseason

旺季 joins 旺 meaning vigorous with 季 meaning season, giving a busy or peak season.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
往
往wǎng旺wàng
Same sound today

An earlier form paired 日 (sun) with 往 for the sound; the modern 旺 is understood as 日 plus a right-side part.

Open 旺 →

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

季 is formed by placing 禾 above 子.

Open 季 →
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