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Days of the Week in Chinese

Hi Chinese learners,

In Mandarin Chinese, there are 3 ways to tell the days of the week, like what is shown below:

1. They can start with 星期 (xīng qī) week, which is 星（xīng）star + 期（qī) period.
2. They can also start with 周（zhōu), the second way to say "week".
3. The third way to say "week" is 礼拜 (lǐ bài), which literally means "worship".

➡ To say a specific day of the week (like Monday, Tuesday...), you just need to add a number after 星期, 周 or 礼拜.

➡ If you want to say something like "one week" or "two weeks", you put numbers before them.

English	Chinese #1	Chinese #2	Chinese #3
Monday	星期一	周一/週一	礼拜一/禮拜一
Tuesday	星期二	周二/週二	礼拜二/禮拜二
Wednesday	星期三	周三/週三	礼拜三/禮拜三
Thursday	星期四	周四/週四	礼拜四/禮拜四
Friday	星期五	周五/週五	礼拜五/禮拜五
Saturday	星期六	周六/週六	礼拜六/禮拜六
Sunday	星期日(星期天)	周日（周天）/週日（週天）	礼拜日（礼拜天）/禮拜日（禮拜天）

As you can see, only Sunday is different, it doesn't end in a number, it ends in 日（rì）day, or 天（tiān）sky

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