过 guò
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
过节
guòjié
to celebrate a festival
Characters in this word
节 jié
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 过节的时候我们回家。 Guòjié de shíhou wǒmen huí jiā. We go home for the holidays.
- 你们那儿怎么过节？ Nǐmen nàr zěnme guòjié? How do you celebrate festivals where you live?
- 过节了，大家都很高兴。 Guòjié le, dàjiā dōu hěn gāoxìng. It's a holiday and everyone is happy.
Related words
- 过 guò to cross, to pass; to spend (time), to celebrate
- 不过 búguò but; however
- 超过 chāoguò to exceed; to overtake
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 过年 guònián to celebrate Chinese New Year
- 过去 guòqù to go over; to pass by
- 过 guo ever (past experience marker)
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 经过 jīngguò to pass by; to go through
- 难过 nánguò sad
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 走过 zǒuguò to walk past