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Fang Jia - Daily Mandarin Lesson

"Have a Holiday" in Mandarin Chinese

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Fang Jia

Meaning

go on vacation; have a holiday

Pronunciation

Tone marks: ► fàng jià
Tone numbers: fang4 jia4

Chinese Characters

Traditional: 放假
Simplified: 放假

First Character: 放 (fàng) - to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
Second Character: 假 (jià) – fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose

Examples of Fàng Jià

Audio files are marked with ►

A: Jīn tiān nǐ zěnme méi yǒu qù shàng bān?
A:今天你怎麼沒有去上班?
A:今天你怎么没有去上班?
A: Why haven’t you gone to work today?

B: Jīn tiān wǒ fang jià.
B: 今天我放假。
B: 今天我放假。
B: I have a holiday today.

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