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(xīng qī èr) - Tuesday in Mandarin

xīngèr

Traditional: 星期二

Line drawing of 星期二
Coloured illustration of 星期二
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Translation

Tuesday

Stroke order

Stroke order for 星

Stroke order for 期

Stroke order for 二

Examples

I have a Chinese class on Tuesday.

The doctor does not work on Tuesdays.

Let us meet on Tuesday.

Tuesday is the day after Monday.

The library is closed on Tuesdays.

星期二 (xīngqī èr) is Tuesday: 星期 (xīngqī, "week") plus 二 (èr, "two"), the second day of the numbered run that starts at 星期一 (xīngqī yī, "Monday").

Like every weekday name, it drops straight in front of a verb with no preposition needed: 星期二我有中文课 (xīngqī èr wǒ yǒu Zhōngwén kè), "I have a Chinese class on Tuesday".

It can also sit at the end of a sentence as the answer to a question, or after a verb like 改到 (gǎi dào, "changed to") when a meeting or appointment moves, e.g. 会议改到星期二了 (huìyì gǎi dào xīngqī èr le), "the meeting has been moved to Tuesday".

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This word is part of lesson 109.