周末

zhōu

Traditional: 週末

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Translation

weekend

Word origin

A compound of 周 (zhōu, week) and 末 (mò, end), literally the end of the week, hence the weekend.

Origin
compound
Root
周 (zhōu, week) + 末 (mò, end)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 周

Stroke order for 末

Examples

Are you free this weekend?

Let us go hiking at the weekend.

He works overtime every weekend.

chén

Weekend mornings are very quiet.

Have a lovely weekend!

周末 (zhōumò) means the weekend, literally the end of the week. It joins the word for week with the word for end.

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This word is part of lesson 30.