节庆 (jié qìng) — festival; festive celebration

Definition

noun
festivalfestive celebration

Examples

  • ，节庆。
    Měi nián chūn jié, quán guó dōu huì jǔ xíng shèng dà de jié qìng huó dòng.
    Every Spring Festival, grand festive celebrations are held nationwide.
  • 节庆，。
    jié qìng Qī jiān, jiē dào shàng guà mǎn le cǎi dēng.
    During the festive celebrations, the streets are filled with colorful lanterns.
  • 节庆。
    Zhè ge xiǎo zhèn de jié qìng qì fen fēi cháng nóng hòu.
    The festive atmosphere in this small town is very strong.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

节jiéfestival
庆qìngcelebration

节庆 joins 节 (festival) and 庆 (celebration) to refer to festive occasions.

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 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.

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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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