黃金週 / 黄金周
Huángjīn Zhōu
The English phrase "golden week" is translated into Chinese as 黃金週 / 黄金周 (Huángjīn Zhōu). Wiktionary also lists 黃金周 / 黄金周 (Huángjīn Zhōu).
Meaning: holiday (name)
Ways to say it
| Chinese | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| 黃金週 / 黄金周 | Huángjīn Zhōu |
| 黃金周 / 黄金周 | Huángjīn Zhōu |
How do you pronounce it?
Huángjīn Zhōu
Did you know?
- In China, the government sometimes creates a 調休 'adjusted rest' period to extend a 黃金週 by moving a weekend day to a workday, forcing people to work Saturdays or Sundays to get a longer vacation.
- The phrase 黃金週 is a 'calque', a word-for-word translation of the Japanese 'Golden Week'. It is a rare example of a modern scheduling concept moving from Japan into Chinese vocabulary.
- To describe the crowds during a 黃金週, Chinese speakers use the idiom 人山人海, which literally means 'mountains of people and seas of people'.
Examples in context
- 我打算在黄金周去中国旅行。(Wǒ dǎsuàn zài Huángjīn Zhōu qù Zhōngguó lǚxíng.)I'm planning a trip to China during Golden Week.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “golden week” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
