(zhōu mò) - weekend in Mandarin

zhōumò

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

周

末

Examples

？

Are you free this weekend?

。

Let us go hiking at the weekend.

。

He works overtime every weekend.

晨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.