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星期日

Xīng qī rì

HSK 3.0 level 1 3-character word

星期日 (xīng qī rì) means "Sunday (a little more formal)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 星期日 means

1. Sunday

The characters in 星期日

• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month

Example sentences

• 今天是星期日。
  Today is Sunday.
• 星期日营业吗？
  Are you open for business on Sunday?
• 我的生日在星期日。
  My birthday falls on Sunday.
• 我星期日总是在家。
  I am always at home on Sundays.
• 我在星期日不工作。
  Sunday is not a workday for me.
• 她星期日很少出门。
  She rarely goes out on Sundays.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read Xīng qī rì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.