三八妇女节

三八婦女節

Sān-Bā Fùnǚjié

noun

Meanings

1 International Women's Day (March 8)
2 March 8 Women's Day

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

三八妇女节公司给女员工放半天假。

Sān-Bā Fùnǚjié gōngsī gěi nǚ yuángōng fàng bàntiān jià.

On International Women's Day the company gives female employees a half-day off.

HSK 7-9

三八妇女节各大电商都搞促销。

Sān-Bā Fùnǚjié gè dà diànshāng dōu gǎo cùxiāo.

All the big e-commerce sites run promotions for Women's Day.

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culture

Official state holiday since 1949, typically giving women a half-day off. E-commerce has rebranded it as 女神节 ('Goddess Day') or 女王节 ('Queen's Day') because the number 三八 (sanba) also carries a pejorative slang sense calling a woman gossipy or annoying.

history

Marks International Working Women's Day, commemorating early 20th-century women's labor movements. PRC has observed it officially since 1949.

Stroke Order

三 sān

八 bā

妇 fù

女 nǚ

节 jié