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假期

jià qī · jia qi

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Meaning

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  1. vacation
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A short holiday

  1. Dengdeng

    假期(jiàqī)你(nǐ)有(yǒu)计划(jìhuà)吗(ma)？

    Do you have plans for the holiday?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)在家(zàijiā)睡(shuì)三天(sāntiān)。

    I want to sleep at home for three days.

  3. Dengdeng

    三天(sāntiān)？假期(jiàqī)有(yǒu)七天(qītiān)呢(ne)。

    Three days? The holiday is seven days.

  4. Liangliang

    另外(lìngwài)四天(sìtiān)，我(wǒ)也(yě)在家(zàijiā)睡(shuì)。

    And the other four days, I will sleep at home too.

  5. Dengdeng

    你的(nǐde)假期(jiàqī)太短了(tàiduǎnle)，应该(yīnggāi)有(yǒu)十天(shítiān)。

    Your holiday is too short. It should be ten days.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)的(de)假(jià)期(qī)过(guò)的(de)怎(zěn)么(me)样(yàng)？

How was your holiday?

Tatoeba: Chinese by BobbyLee · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

好(hǎo)久(jiǔ)没(méi)有(yǒu)休(xiū)一(yí)个(gè)真(zhēn)正(zhèng)的(de)假(jià)期(qī)了(le)。

It's been a long time since I've had a real vacation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fenfang557 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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假
jiǎ

fake; false

期
qī

a period of time; phase

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