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十一 (shí yī) — PRC National Day (October 1)

Definition

At HSK 7, 十一 refers to the PRC National Day holiday (October 1, a week-long "Golden Week"). The number 'eleven' itself is simply 十 + 一; this single-word holiday sense is the HSK 7 reading.

noun
PRC National Day (October 1)

Examples

  • 十一。
    Shí yuè yī hào shì zhōng guó de shí yī.
    October 1st is China's National Day.
  • 十一。
    Jīn nián shí yī wǒ men dǎ suàn qù běi jīng lǚ yóu.
    This year for National Day we plan to travel to Beijing.
  • 十一，。
    shí yī Qī jiān, tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng yǒu shèng dà de yuè bīng yí shì.
    During National Day, there is a grand military parade at Tiananmen Square.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

十shíten
一yīone

The number words 十 and 一 combine to refer to the first day of the tenth month, the PRC founding day.

Characters in this word

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

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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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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