淡季
Old HSK 6
淡季 (dànjì) · off season
淡季 (dànjì) means “off season; low season”. It is written with 2 characters: 淡 (bland) + 季 (season). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 淡季 is built
The characters
淡 dàn · bland
What 淡 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 炎yán — flame
- 火huǒ — fire
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 人rén — person
- 火huǒ — fire
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 人rén — person
- 火huǒ — fire
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 炎 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
季 jì · season
What 季 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: The time for planting seeds 子 of grain 禾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
淡季的机票比较便宜。Dànjì de jīpiào bǐjiào piányi.Plane tickets are cheaper in the off season.
现在是旅游淡季，游客很少。Xiànzài shì lǚyóu dànjì, yóukè hěn shǎo.It's the tourist off season, so there are few visitors.
Questions about 淡季
What does 淡季 mean?
淡季 (dànjì) means “off season; low season”.
How do you pronounce 淡季?
淡季 is pronounced dànjì.
Which HSK level is 淡季?
淡季 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 冷淡lěngdàncold
- 清淡qīngdànlight (food)
- 淡水dànshuǐfresh water
- 淡dànbland
- 春季chūnjìspring (season)
- 冬季dōngjìwinter
- 季度jìdùquarter (of a year)
- 季节jìjiéseason
- 秋季qiūjìautumn
- 夏季xiàjìsummer
Learn 淡季 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 38: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.