放暑假 (fàng shǔjià) · to have summer vacation
放暑假 (fàng shǔjià) means “to have summer vacation”. It is written with 3 characters: 放 (to put) + 暑 (hot) + 假 (fake). It is an old HSK 4 word (HSK 2.0).
How 放暑假 is built
The characters
放 fàng · to put
What 放 is made of
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
暑 shǔ · hot
What 暑 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 者zhě — that which
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 耂lǎo — old
Origin hint: 日 gives the meaning, 者 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
Questions about 放暑假
What does 放暑假 mean?
放暑假 (fàng shǔjià) means “to have summer vacation”.
How do you pronounce 放暑假?
放暑假 is pronounced fàng shǔjià.
Which HSK level is 放暑假?
放暑假 is in Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
- 放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day
- 放下fàngxiàto put down
- 放心fàngxīnto be at ease
- 播放bōfàngto play
- 放到fàngdàoto put (somewhere)
- 开放kāifàngto open (to the public)
- 放松fàngsōngto relax
- 放弃fàngqìto give up
- 放大fàngdàto enlarge
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 12: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.