How to say “summer vacation” in Chinese
summer vacation
“Summer vacation” in Chinese is 暑假, shǔ jià: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
暑假 is read shǔ jià: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 亻 “person”. Its second reading is jiǎ, “fake”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “暑假”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 暑假. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 暑假你打算去哪儿？shǔjiànǐdǎsuànqùnǎrWhere are you planning to go over summer break?
- 你暑假有什么计划nǐshǔjiàyǒushénmejìhuàWhat are your plans for summer break?
- 暑假你去哪儿度假了？shǔjiànǐqùnǎrdùjiàleWhere did you go on vacation over summer break?
- 暑假我想去打工shǔjiàwǒxiǎngqùdǎgōngDuring the summer vacation I want to get a part-time job.
- 暑假我想送女儿去参加夏令营shǔjiàwǒxiǎngsòngnǚ’érqùcānjiāxiàlìngyíngThis summer vacation I want to send my daughter to a summer camp.
More words from the lesson “Breaks and vacations”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “summer vacation” in Chinese?
“Summer vacation” in Chinese is 暑假, pinyin shǔjià.
What does 暑假 mean?
暑假 (shǔjià) means “summer vacation”.
How do you write 暑假?
暑假 is 2 characters: 暑 (shǔ) — heat, summer heat; 假 (jià) — vacation, holiday. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 暑假?
暑假 is read shǔjià. Tones: shǔ — third tone, jià — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“summer vacation” in the lesson “Breaks and vacations”
This word is from the topic “Travel and vacations” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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