HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Hobbies, Sport

过节 guòjié “to celebrate a festival” in Chinese

Traditional 過節

What 过节 means

  1. to celebrate a festival
  2. after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)

How to say 过节

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale节jié2nd tone, rising

过节 in a sentence

  1. 过节的时候，我们全家一起吃饭。

    Guòjié de shíhou, wǒmen quán jiā yìqǐ chīfàn.

    When there’s a festival, our whole family eats together.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 快过节了，商店里人很多。

    Kuài guòjié le, shāngdiàn lǐ rén hěn duō.

    The festival’s coming up, so the shops are very busy.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 过节 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 过 (guò) with each of its parts in a different colour
过guòto cross
  • 寸inch · cùn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 咼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with guò.

Memory aidWalking 辶 past: to pass, to cross. In the full form 過, 咼 (guō) gave the sound.

The character 节 (jié) drawn as one shape
节jiéjoint; node

节 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 節, the joints of bamboo ⺮ (the simplified form has 艹 on top). From there, a section, and a festival.

How to write 过节

过 6 strokes · 节 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

过节 (guòjié) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 过节 (guòjié). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 过节

Words with 过

过guò · to pass过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year过来guòlái · to come over难过nánguò · be grieved过去guòqù · in the past经过jīngguò · to pass超过chāoguò · to surpass通过tōngguò · to pass through过程guòchéng · course of events不过búguò · but

Words with 节

季节jìjié · season节目jiémù · programme节日jiérì · holiday节jié · festival节约jiéyuē · to economise节省jiéshěng · to save细节xìjié · details国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)节制jiézhì · to control调节tiáojié · to adjust

More words: Hobbies, Sport & Leisure

晚会wǎnhuì · evening party得分défēn · to score (points)拍照pāizhào · to take a photo球场qiúchǎng · (sports) court照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet做客zuòkè · to be a guest

FAQs

过节 (guòjié) means “to celebrate a festival” or “after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it guòjié: guò with a 4th tone, then jié with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 过节 is written 過節. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guojie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过节 from the suggestions. Typing guojie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过节 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.