春假 (chūn jià) — spring break; spring vacation

Definition

noun

spring breakspring vacation

春假。
Wǒ men xué xiào měi nián sì yuè fàng chūn jià.
Our school has spring break every April.
春假？
Zhè cì chūn jià nǐ dǎ suàn qù nǎ lǐ lǚ xíng?
Where do you plan to travel this spring break?
春假。
Wǒ chèn chūn jià huí le yí tàng lǎo jiā.
I took advantage of spring break to go back to my hometown.

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.

假jiǎvacation

春 spring and 假 vacation combine to mean a holiday period in spring.

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

艸艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

屯

屯tún春chūn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

春 combines 艸 (grass) and 日 (sun) with 屯, which supplies the sound and is described as a swollen sprout.

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

亻叚假

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

叚

叚jiǎ假jiǎ

Same sound today

假 pairs 亻 (person) with 叚, which gives the sound jiǎ.

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