Chinese

暑假

shǔjià
summer holiday; summer vacation
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese暑 “hot; heated”
    • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
    • soundChinese者 “Used at the end of a command.”
  • characterChinese假 “to lend; to borrow; to loan”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個/个 m c; 隻/只 h)”
    • soundChinese叚 “original form of 假 (jiǎ, “to borrow”)”
      • ideaChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
      • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
      • ideaChinese石 “stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊/块 c)”

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