节日

Character by character

• 节jié6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 節knot, node, joint; section
• 日rì4 strokesHSK 1sun; day; daytime

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 节日. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 日rìHSK 1

  sun; day; date, day of the month

• 节目jié mùHSK 2

  program; item (on a program)

• 节jiéHSK 2

  joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)

• 日子rì ziHSK 2

  day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life

• 生日shēng rìHSK 1

  birthday

• 细节xì jiéHSK 4

  details; particulars

• 圣诞节shèng dàn jiéHSK 6

  Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas

• 环节huán jiéHSK 5

  (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc

• 今日jīn rìHSK 5

  today

• 日期rì qīHSK 1

  date

• 情节qíng jiéHSK 5

  circumstances; plot; storyline

• 节奏jié zòuHSK 6

  rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat

• 日记rì jìHSK 4

  diary

• 季节jì jiéHSK 4

  time; season; period

• 日常rì chángHSK 3

  day-to-day; daily; everyday

• 调节tiáo jiéHSK 5

  to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)

• 节省jié shěngHSK 4

  saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on

• 关节guān jiéHSK 7

  joint (physiology); key point; critical phase

• 节约jié yuēHSK 3

  to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal

• 早日zǎo rìHSK 7

  soon; at an early date; the early days; the past

• 过节guò jiéHSK 7

  to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)

• 末日mò rìHSK 7

  last day; end; final days; doomsday

• 假日jià rìHSK 6

  holiday; non-working day

• 日益rì yìHSK 7

  day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day