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节日

jié rì

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 節日 Measure word 个

节日 (jié rì) means "holiday". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 节日 means

1. holiday
2. festival

The characters in 节日

• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month

Example sentences

• 收获稻子时举办节日。
  A festival is held at the rice harvest.
• 大家都很喜欢这个节日。
  Everyone likes this festival very much.
• 圣诞节是一个特别的节日。
  Shèngdànjié shì yī gè tèbié de jiérì.
  Christmas is a special holiday.
• 中秋节是中国的传统节日。
  Zhōngqiūjié shì Zhōngguó de chuántǒng jiérì.
  Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional holiday in China.
• 节日和考试碰巧在同一天。
  The date of the festival coincides with that of the exam.
• 圣诞节绝对是我最喜欢的节日。
  Shèngdànjié juéduì shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de jiérì.
  Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday.

Where 节日 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Society & Culture (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jié rì correctly.
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