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| Phonetics: | ||
| Tone colors (āáǎàa): |
| Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| syu2 ga2, ga3 | syu2 gaa2, gaa3 | summer vacation |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| syu2 | syu2 | heat / hot weather / summer heat | ||
| ga2, ga3 | gaa2, gaa3 | vacation |
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| Simplified | Pinyin | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| 个 | ge4 | general things; it's a catch-all measure word for individual things or units of something both abstract or physical objects |
The classes of our university closed for the summer vacation.
They shipped the kids off to camp for the summer.
These village cottages take in paying guests during the summer holidays.
Tell me, what are your plans after the summer vacation? "
Twice before he had been in New York with Gladys on summer vacations.
It used to be that any teen who wanted a summer job could get one.
