The Chinese word 假日 (jiàrì), meaning "holiday" or "day off", is a compound formed by combining the morpheme 假 (jià), which in this context means "leave" or "vacation", with the morpheme 日 (rì), meaning "day". It follows a common modifier-head structure in Chinese, where the first character 假 specifies the type or purpose, and the second character 日 serves as the core noun. Literally, it translates to "a day of leave", effectively conceptualizing a holiday as a day removed from the routine of work or regular duties.