(xīng qī) - week, day of the week in Mandarin

xīngqī

Traditional: 星期

HSK 2

#859 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

week, day of the week

Word origin

A two-character compound meaning week. 星 (xīng) 'star' has the 日 'sun' radical with 生 (shēng) as phonetic, and 期 (qī) 'period, term' has the 月 'moon' radical with 其 (qí) as phonetic.

Origin: compound
Root: 星 (xīng, 'star'; 日 sun radical + 生 phonetic) + 期 (qī, 'period'; 月 moon radical + 其 phonetic)

Stroke order

星

期

Examples

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What day of the week is today?

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I go swimming every week.

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I will be back next week.

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Next week we are going travelling.

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This week has been busy.

星期 (xīng qī) means week, day of the week. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 18.