Week in Chinese (Mandarin): 星期 (xīngqī)
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星期
xīngqī
week
- Simplified
- 星期
- Traditional
- 星期
- Pinyin
- xīngqī
- Typed as
- xingqi
Use it in a sentence
一个星期有七天。
一個星期有七天。
A week has seven days.
The characters in 星期
星
Star.
9 strokes
期
Period of time.
12 strokes
星期 is a week, counted with 个: 一个星期 (one week). Ask the day with 今天星期几？ (Jīntiān xīngqī jǐ?), "what day is it today?"
More examples with 星期
今天星期几？
今天星期幾？
Jīntiān xīngqī jǐ?
What day is it today?
下个星期我们去旅行。
下個星期我們去旅行。
Xià gè xīngqī wǒmen qù lǚxíng.
We are going on a trip next week.
How to write 星期 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
星 9 strokes
期 12 strokes
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