度假

See also: 渡假

Chinese

		capacity; degree; standard	vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose
simp. and trad. (度假)		度	假
alternative forms		渡假

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dùjià

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ gaa³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu-ka
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-ká

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dùjià
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dùjià
  - Wade–Giles: tu⁴-chia⁴
  - Yale: dù-jyà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhjiah
  - Palladius: дуцзя (duczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ gaa³
  - Yale: douh ga
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ gaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ ga³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kaː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu-ka
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu ga
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tu⁴ ga⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵⁵ ka⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-ká
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-ká
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxkar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ ka⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² ka⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ ka⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴¹/

Verb

度假

to vacation; to go on holiday
要想外出度假時，寵物會成為牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
要想外出度假时，宠物会成为牵累。 [MSC, simp.]
Yào xiǎng wàichū dùjià shí, chǒngwù huì chéngwéi qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
Pets can be a burden when you want to go away on holiday.

Usage notes

The form 度假 (dùjià) is more correct than 渡假 (dùjià) because 度 can mean “passing time” while 渡 (dù) means “crossing a water body” and does not match the meaning of “having vacation”.

Derived terms

度假勝地 / 度假胜地
度假村 (dùjiàcūn)