节日 jiérì▶ festival, fiesta

Stroke order

节日 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 节 — 5 strokes
• 日 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. holiday
2. festival

Example sentences

• 春节是中国最重要的节日。Chūnjié shì Zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de jiérì.Spring Festival is China's most important festival.
• 节日的时候街上很热闹。Jiérì de shíhou jiē shàng hěn rènao.The streets are lively at festival time.

Related words

• 季节Estación; temporada; sazonar
• 节目programa
• 日fecha
• 节sección, festival
• 日记diario
• 生日cumpleaños

节日 is pronounced jiérì and means “festival, fiesta”. This word appears in HSK 3, one level of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the proficiency exam most Chinese courses are built around. Passive recognition of 节日 arrives quickly and leaves quickly. Active recall is slower to build and far more durable, so LexiTrail keeps returning the word to you at widening intervals rather than on a timer.