shuāngxiūrì

双休日

Word · NounTraditional雙休日

two-day weekend; Saturday and Sunday

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

the two consecutive rest days in a five-day work week (usually Saturday and Sunday)

Specifically refers to the standard Saturday-Sunday weekend that became official in mainland China after the 1995 work week reform. Distinguished from the earlier single-day Sunday rest (单休).

Zhè这
gè个
shuāng双
xiū休
rì日
wǒ我
men们
yī一
qǐ起
qù去
pá爬
shān山
ba吧
 。

Let's go hiking together this weekend.

Zì自
cóng从
shí实
xíng行
shuāng双
xiū休
rì日
zhì制
dù度
 ,
rén人
men们
de的
shēng生
huó活
zhì质
liàng量
dà大
dà大
tí提
gāo高
le了
 。

Since the implementation of the two-day weekend system, people's quality of life has greatly improved.

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Nǐ你
shuāng双
xiū休
rì日
yī一
bān般
yǒu有
shén什
me么
ān安
pái排
 ?

What arrangements do you usually have for the weekend?