春运

春運

chūnyùn

noun #72,894

Meanings

1 Spring Festival travel rush
2 the peak travel season around Chinese New Year

Characters

spring; the Spring Festival

Examples

HSK 3

每到春运，火车站里到处都是回家过年的人。

Měi dào chūnyùn, huǒchēzhàn lǐ dàochù dōu shì huí jiā guònián de rén.

Every travel rush, the railway stations are packed with people going home for New Year.

HSK 5

春运期间，火车票很难买。

Chūnyùn qījiān, huǒchēpiào hěn nán mǎi.

During the Spring Festival travel rush, train tickets are very hard to get.

Tips

culture

春运 is short for 春节运输 'Spring Festival transport'. It lasts about 40 days, from roughly two weeks before the festival to three and a half weeks after, and is the largest annual human migration on Earth. Getting a ticket home is called 抢票, 'grabbing tickets'.

Stroke Order

春 chūn

运 yùn