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HSK 1 · Work

放假

fàng jià

to have a holiday

Stroke order of 放假

2 characters, 19 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

放 · 8 strokes假 · 11 strokes

Memory trick

放 sends off, 假 shows a person 亻 borrowing time: sending off work for a holiday.

Parts: 放 release (方 + 攵) + 假 holiday (亻 person + 叚)

The characters in 放假

  • 放 fàng — to put; to place (8 strokes)
  • 假 jiǎ — fake; false (11 strokes)

Example sentence

我们明天放假。

We have a holiday tomorrow.

Words with 放

放学to finish school放to put; to place放心to be at ease; to relax放下to put down放到to put into播放to broadcast; to play开放to open; open

Words with 假

请假to ask for leave休假to take a vacation假期holiday; vacation假fake; false

More words: Work

工作work; job; to work工人worker上班to go to work下班to get off work开会to have a meeting请假to ask for leave事matter; thing忙busy准备to prepare; to plan干to do做to do; to make

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