假期
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
假期 (jiàqī) · holiday
假期 (jiàqī) means “holiday; vacation”. It is written with 2 characters: 假 (fake) + 期 (period). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 假期 is built
The characters
假 jiǎ · fake
What 假 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 叚jiǎ — false
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: A false 叚 person 亻; 叚 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
期 qī · period
What 期 is made of
- 其qí — his
- 甘gān — sweet
- 卄niàn — twenty
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 甘gān — sweet
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 月 gives the meaning, 其 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
假期你想去哪儿？Jiàqī nǐ xiǎng qù nǎr?Where do you want to go during the holidays?
这个假期我在家休息。Zhège jiàqī wǒ zàijiā xiūxi.This vacation I'm resting at home.
Questions about 假期
What does 假期 mean?
假期 (jiàqī) means “holiday; vacation”.
How do you pronounce 假期?
假期 is pronounced jiàqī.
Which HSK level is 假期?
假期 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
- 请假qǐngjiàto ask for leave
- 休假xiūjiàto take a vacation
- 寒假hánjiàwinter vacation
- 假如jiǎrúif
- 暑假shǔjiàsummer vacation
- 放暑假fàng shǔjiàto have summer vacation
- 假设jiǎshèto suppose
- 假装jiǎzhuāngto pretend
- 虚假xūjiǎfalse
Learn 假期 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 27: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.