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国guócountry; nation; stateGuó in 国庆节
囗enclosure · wéi
玉jade · yù
Memory aidTreasure 玉 kept inside a country’s borders 囗.
庆qìngto celebrate
广shelter · guǎng
大big · dà
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 国庆节
国 8 strokes · 庆 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.
Stroke order chart for 国庆节 (Guóqìngjié). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
国庆节 (Guóqìngjié) means “PRC National Day (October 1st)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it Guóqìngjié: Guó with a 2nd tone, then qìng 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, 国庆节 is written 國慶節. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guoqingjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 国庆节 from the suggestions. Typing guoqingjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
国庆节 is an HSK 5 word in the 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.
国Guó2nd tone, rising
庆qìng4th tone, falling
