购物节

購物節
gòuwùjié
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 shopping festival
  2. 2 large-scale promotional sales event (e.g. Singles' Day, 618)

Examples

Zhōngguó yì nián yǒu hǎojǐ ge dà gòuwùjié.
China has several major shopping festivals each year.
Gòuwùjié qījiān kuàidìyuán tèbié máng.
Delivery workers are especially busy during shopping festivals.

Tips

culture
Per CC-CEDICT: 'shopping festival; large-scale promotional sales event (e.g. Singles' Day 双十一)'. China's e-commerce calendar runs on five anchor 购物节: 年货节 (January), 38妇女节 (March 8), 618 (June), 七夕/520 (variable), 双11 / 双12 (Nov-Dec). Together they account for the majority of yearly online retail volume.
grammar
购物 'shopping' + 'festival'. The here is doing the same work as in 春节 (Spring Festival) or 中秋节 (Mid-Autumn Festival) — a calendrical event with shared cultural rituals, only here the rituals involve coupons and pre-sale deposits.

Stroke Order

gòu
jié