星期 xīngqī — week; day of the week

Meanings

1. 1

   week; day of the week

   A week, and with a number after it a weekday: 星期一 Monday through 星期六 Saturday. Sunday breaks the pattern and is 星期天 or 星期日.

   noun

Example sentences

• 今天星期几？/今天星期幾？Jīntiān (first tone, high and level) xīngqī (first tone, high and level) jǐ? (third tone, dipping)···

  What day is it today?

• 我星期一去学校。/我星期一去學校。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xīngqīyī (first tone, high and level) qù (fourth tone, falling) xuéxiào. (second tone, rising)···

  I go to school on Mondays.

Common mistakes

• Not quite今天是星期几号？

  Correct今天星期几？

  星期几 asks the day of the week; 几号 asks the date. Running them together asks two different questions at once.

Similar words