暑假
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
暑假 (shǔjià) · summer vacation
暑假 (shǔjià) means “summer vacation”. It is written with 2 characters: 暑 (hot) + 假 (fake). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 暑假 is built
The characters
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
暑假我想去海边。Shǔjià wǒ xiǎng qù hǎibiān.I want to go to the seaside over summer vacation.
你的暑假过得怎么样？Nǐ de shǔjià guò de zěnmeyàng?How was your summer vacation?
Questions about 暑假
What does 暑假 mean?
暑假 (shǔjià) means “summer vacation”.
How do you pronounce 暑假?
暑假 is pronounced shǔjià.
Which HSK level is 暑假?
暑假 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 放暑假fàng shǔjiàto have summer vacation
- 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
- 请假qǐngjiàto ask for leave
- 假期jiàqīholiday
- 休假xiūjiàto take a vacation
- 寒假hánjiàwinter vacation
- 假如jiǎrúif
- 假设jiǎshèto suppose
- 假装jiǎzhuāngto pretend
- 虚假xūjiǎfalse
Learn 暑假 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 66: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.