放暑假

放暑假 fàngshǔjià

To be on summer vacation†

放暑假 in a sentence HSK 4 fangshujia

What 放暑假 means

  1. To be on summer vacation†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 放暑假, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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放暑假 is written with 3 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

放
fàng
Put down (release - tend - herd)
暑
shǔ
Hot weather (summer heat)
假
jiǎ
False (artifical - borrow)

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放暑假 in a sentence

学校下周开始放暑假。
Xuéxiào xià zhōu kāishǐ fàng shǔjià.
The school starts its summer holiday next week.
放暑假我打算去旅行。
Fàng shǔjià wǒ dǎsuàn qù lǚxíng.
I plan to travel during the summer holiday.

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Questions about 放暑假

What does 放暑假 mean in English?

放暑假 is pronounced fàngshǔjià and means To be on summer vacation †.

How do you pronounce 放暑假?

放暑假 is fàngshǔjià in pinyin — written fangshujia without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 放暑假?

放暑假 is written with 3 characters: 放 (fàng) Put down (release - tend - herd), 暑 (shǔ) Hot weather (summer heat), 假 (jiǎ) False (artifical - borrow). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 放暑假 an HSK word?

Yes — 放暑假 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

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