双休日

雙休日
shuāngxiūrì
noun #95,178

Meanings

  1. 1 two-day weekend
  2. 2 Saturday and Sunday off

Examples

Zhōumò shì shuāngxiūrì, wǒ zài jiā xiūxi.
It's a two-day weekend, so I'm resting at home.
Xiànzài dàduōshù gōngsī dōu shíxíng shuāngxiūrì.
Most companies now observe a two-day weekend.

Tips

culture
China officially switched from a single-day weekend to 双休日 (two-day weekend) on May 1, 1995. The word persists partly because not every worker actually gets both days — 单休 (one day off) and 大小周 (alternating one/two-day weekends) are still common in tech and finance.

Stroke Order

shuāng
xiū