Chinese days of the week

The Chinese days of the week, like many parts of the Chinese language, are very logical and easy to remember. You'll need to be familiar with the basic Chinese numbers.

A week is a xīng qī, literally a "star period":

The days of the week from Monday to Saturday are simply numbered:

Sunday is slightly different, giving you two choices:

Alternative words for weekdays

Chinese also has two other ways to express weeks and days; zhōu and lǐ bài:

Both of these have the day number appended in the same way as for xīng qī, above.

The weekend

The alternative word for week, zhōu, has one other use - it's also used to say the weekend:

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