HSK 3 · Common Objects

节日 jiérì “holiday” in Chinese

Traditional 節日

What 节日 means

  1. holiday
  2. festival

Measure word 个 gè · 一个节日 yí ge jiérì

How to say 节日

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale节jié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale日rì4th tone, falling

节日 in a sentence

  1. 大家都很喜欢这个节日。

    Dàjiā dōu hěn xǐhuan zhè ge jiérì.

    Everyone likes this festival very much.

    Sentence #11837204 from Tatoeba

  2. 中秋节是中国的传统节日。

    Zhōngqiūjié shì Zhōngguó de chuántǒng jiérì.

    The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival.

    Sentence #1878419 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 圣诞节绝对是我最喜欢的节日。

    Shèngdànjié juéduì shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de jiérì.

    Christmas is definitely my favourite holiday.

    Sentence #8591239 from Tatoeba

How 节日 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 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.

The character 日 (rì) with each of its parts in a different colour
日rìsun
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from the sun.

How to write 节日

节 5 strokes · 日 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 节日

Words with 节

季节jìjié · season节目jiémù · programme过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival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

Words with 日

星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday日rì · day生日shēngrì · birthday工作日gōngzuòrì · working day日记rìjì · diary日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date日子rìzi · day日程rìchéng · schedule日常rìcháng · day-to-day

More words: Everyday Things

公园gōngyuán · public park关系guānxi · relation机会jīhuì · opportunity角jiǎo · horn刻kè · quarter hour空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning筷子kuàizi · chopsticks礼物lǐwù · gift

FAQs

节日 (jiérì) means “holiday” or “festival”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiérì: jié with a 2nd tone, then rì with a 4th 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, 节日 is written 節日. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one holiday is 一个节日 (yí ge jiérì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jieri with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 节日 from the suggestions. Typing jieri into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
节日 is an HSK 3 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.