星期 (sing1 kei4) — week. Syn.: 禮拜 (informal) in Cantonese
singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期Mandarin Pinyin: xing1 qi1
Meaning of 星期
nounweek. Syn.: 禮拜 (informal)
Example Sentences with 星期
一個星期有七天。
There are seven days in a week.
ngoˏ₅我haaˍ₆下go˗₃個singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期zauˍ₆就faanˉ¹返hoengˉ¹香gongˊ²港laa˗₃啦。
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week.
星期四如何?
How about Thursday?
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期geiˊ²幾？
What is the day (of today)?
soengˍ₆上singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期jatˍ₆日ngoˏ₅我tungˎ₄同diˉ¹啲pangˎ₄朋jauˏ₅友jatˉ¹一caiˎ₄齊sikˍ₆食maanˏ₅晚faanˍ₆飯。
Last Sunday, I had dinner with my friends together.
Characters in 星期
Words Containing 星期
下個星期haa6 go3 sing1 kei4
next week | Spoken syn.: 下個禮拜
星期六sing1 kei4 luk6
Saturday. Syn.: 禮拜六
星期一sing1 kei4 jat1
Monday. Syn.: 禮拜一
下星期見haa6 sing1 kei4 gin3
see you next week
星期五sing1 kei4 ng5
Friday. Syn.: 禮拜五
星期日sing1 kei4 jat6
Sunday. Syn.: 禮拜, 禮拜日, 星期天 (Mand.)
星期四sing1 kei4 sei3
Thursday. Syn.: 禮拜四
黑色星期五hak1 sik1 sing1 kei4 ng5
Friday The 13th, black Friday
兩星期loeng5 sing1 kei4
fortnight
上星期soeng6 sing1 kei4
last week; the previous week | Also 上個星期
上個星期soeng6 go3 sing1 kei4
last week
星期天sing1 kei4 tin1
Sunday. (Spoken Mandarin - 天 is easier to pronounce than 日 in Mandarin). Syn.: 禮拜天, 禮拜日, 禮拜
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