周末/週末 zhōumò — weekend

Meanings

1. 1

   weekend

   周 a week, 末 the end of it. Being a time word, it can open the sentence — 周末我去公园 — or follow the subject, 我周末去公园; what it cannot do is come after the verb.

   noun

Example sentences

• 周末你打算做什么？/週末你打算做什麼？Zhōumò (first tone, high and level) nǐ (third tone, dipping) dǎsuàn (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) shénme? (second tone, rising)···

  What are you planning to do at the weekend?

• 这个周末我要去旅游。/這個週末我要去旅遊。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) zhōumò (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) yào (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling) lǚyóu. (third tone, dipping)···

  I’m going travelling this weekend.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我去公园周末。

  Correct周末我去公园。

  A Chinese time word comes before the verb, never after it. English can say "I go to the park at the weekend"; Chinese must settle when before it says what.

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