星期

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Chinese

star; satellite; small amount
a period of time; phase; stage
a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
 
simp. and trad.
(星期) 		星 期
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Pronunciation

Noun

星期

  1. week (Classifier: 個／个)
    上個星期／上个星期  ―  shàng ge xīngqī  ―  last week
    我的店鋪下個星期開張，歡迎各位親朋好友前來。 [MSC, trad.]
    我的店铺下个星期开张，欢迎各位亲朋好友前来。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ de diànpù xià ge xīngqī kāizhāng, huānyíng gèwèi qīnpénghǎoyǒu qiánlái.
    My shop will open for business next week, and all my friends and relatives are welcome to come.
    她上個星期還搬家來著，怎麼會在旅遊呢？ [MSC, trad.]
    她上个星期还搬家来着，怎么会在旅游呢？ [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shàng ge xīngqī hái bānjiā láizhe, zěnme huì zài lǚyóu ne?
    She moved house only last week, how can she be travelling now?
  2. day of the week (when used with a number, 日 or 天)
    星期一  ―  xīngqīyī  ―  Monday
  3. (Mainland China, specifically) Sunday
  4. (specifically) wedding day

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 星期 (“week”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 星期, 週
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 星期, 禮拜
Harbin 禮拜
Malaysia 禮拜
Singapore 禮拜, 星期
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 星期, 禮拜
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 星期
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 星期
Xi'an 星期, 禮拜
Xining 星期
Xuzhou 星期, 禮拜
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 期, 星期
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 星期, 禮拜
Lanzhou 星期
Ürümqi 禮拜, 星期
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 星期, 禮拜
Wuhan 星期, 禮拜
Guiyang 禮拜, 星期
Liuzhou 禮拜, 星期
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 禮拜
Cantonese Guangzhou 禮拜
Hong Kong 禮拜, 星期
Taishan 星期, 禮拜
Dongguan 禮拜
Yangjiang 禮拜, 星期
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 禮拜
Singapore (Guangfu) 禮拜
Gan Nanchang 禮拜
Lichuan 禮拜
Pingxiang 禮拜
Hakka Meixian 星期
Yudu 禮拜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 禮拜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 禮拜
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 禮拜
Kuching (Hepo) 禮拜
Huizhou Jixi 禮拜, 星期
Jin Taiyuan 禮拜
Xinzhou 星期, 禮拜
Northern Min Jian'ou 星期
Eastern Min Fuzhou 禮拜
Southern Min Xiamen 禮拜
Quanzhou 禮拜
Zhangzhou 禮拜
Kaohsiung 禮拜
Tainan 禮拜
Penang (Hokkien) 禮拜
Singapore (Hokkien) 禮拜
Manila (Hokkien) 禮拜
Singapore (Teochew) 禮拜
Haikou 禮拜
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 禮拜
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 禮拜
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 禮拜, 星期
Wu Shanghai 禮拜
Shanghai (Songjiang) 禮拜
Shanghai (Chongming) 禮拜
Suzhou 禮拜, 星期
Danyang 禮拜
Hangzhou 禮拜, 星期
Ningbo 禮拜
Wenzhou 禮拜
Jinhua 星期
Xiang Loudi 禮拜
Dialectal synonyms of 星期日 (“Sunday”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 星期日, 星期天, 週日, 週天 regional
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 星期天兒, 禮拜天兒
Taiwan 星期天, 禮拜天, 星期日, 禮拜日
Harbin 星期天, 禮拜日, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Malaysia 拜日
Singapore 禮拜天, 禮拜, 星期天, 星期日
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 禮拜天, 禮拜
Jinan 星期, 星期天, 禮拜, 禮拜天
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 星期, 禮拜
Qingdao 禮拜天
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 星期日, 星期
Wanrong 星期
Zhengzhou 禮拜天, 星期天
Xi'an 星期天, 星期, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Xining 星期日, 星期天, 星期
Xuzhou 星期天, 星期, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 星期日, 禮拜天, 葉克閃白
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 星期天, 星期日, 禮拜天, 禮拜日, 星期
Lanzhou 星期天, 星期, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Ürümqi 禮拜天, 星期天
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 星期天, 禮拜天
Wuhan 星期日, 星期天, 禮拜日, 禮拜天, 星期, 禮拜
Guiyang 禮拜天, 星期天
Kunming 禮拜天, 星期
Liuzhou 星期天, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 禮拜天, 禮拜, 星期天
Hefei 禮拜天, 星期天
Cantonese Guangzhou 禮拜, 禮拜日, 星期日
Hong Kong 禮拜, 禮拜日, 星期日
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 禮拜日
Macau 禮拜
Guangzhou (Panyu) 禮拜日
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 禮拜
Guangzhou (Conghua) 禮拜
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 禮拜
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 禮拜日
Foshan (Shunde) 禮拜日
Foshan (Sanshui) 禮拜日
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 星期日
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 禮拜
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 禮拜
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 禮拜
Zhuhai (Doumen) 禮拜
Jiangmen (Baisha) 禮拜
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 禮拜日
Taishan 禮拜
Kaiping (Chikan) 禮拜日
Enping (Niujiang) 禮拜日
Heshan (Yayao) 星期日
Dongguan 禮拜, 禮拜日
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 禮拜
Yangjiang 禮拜日, 星期日
Nanning 禮拜日
Singapore (Guangfu) 禮拜
Gan Nanchang 禮拜日, 禮拜日子, 禮拜
Lichuan 禮拜日
Pingxiang 禮拜日子, 禮拜日, 禮拜
Hakka Meixian 星期日
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 禮拜日
Dongguan (Qingxi) 禮拜
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 星期日
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 禮拜日
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 禮拜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 星期日
Nanjing (Meilin) 星期日
Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang) 星期日
Yudu 禮拜日, 禮拜
Taoyuan 禮拜日
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 禮拜日, 禮拜, 日曜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 禮拜, 禮拜日
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 禮拜日, 日曜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 禮拜, 禮拜日, 日曜
Kuching (Hepo) 拜日
Huizhou Jixi 禮拜日, 星期日
Shexian 禮拜日
Huangshan (Tunxi) 禮拜日, 星期日
Jin Taiyuan 禮拜天, 星期天, 禮拜
Pingyao 禮拜日, 星期日
Xinzhou 星期下, 禮拜下
Hohhot 禮拜下
Northern Min Jian'ou 禮拜工, 星期日, 禮拜日
Eastern Min Fuzhou 禮拜日, 禮拜
Fuqing 禮拜日, 禮拜, 拜日
Matsu 禮拜日
Southern Min Xiamen 禮拜日, 禮拜, 星期日
Quanzhou 禮拜日, 禮拜, 拜日
Yongchun 禮拜, 拜日, 禮拜日
Zhangzhou 禮拜日, 禮拜
Zhao'an 星期日, 禮拜日
New Taipei (Tamsui) 禮拜日
New Taipei (Pingxi) 禮拜
Kaohsiung 禮拜日, 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 禮拜日
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Yilan (Luodong) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Yilan (Toucheng) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Tainan (Anping) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Kinmen 禮拜日
Penghu (Xiyu) 禮拜日
Penang (Hokkien) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Singapore (Hokkien) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Manila (Hokkien) 拜日
Shantou 星期日, 拜日
Puning 星期日
Singapore (Teochew) 禮拜
Haikou 禮拜日, 禮拜
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 禮拜
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 禮拜
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 禮拜日, 星期日
Wu Shanghai 禮拜天, 禮拜日, 星期天
Shanghai (Songjiang) 禮拜日
Shanghai (Chongming) 禮拜日
Suzhou 禮拜日, 禮拜, 星期日
Danyang 禮拜天, 禮拜, 星期天
Hangzhou 禮拜天, 禮拜, 星期天
Ningbo 禮拜, 禮拜日
Wenzhou 禮拜日, 星期日
Jinhua 禮拜日, 星期日
Xiang Changsha 星期天
Xiangtan 星期天, 禮拜日, 星期日
Loudi 禮拜日, 禮拜

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星期

  1. (literary) Alternative name for 七夕 (Qīxī, “Qixi Festival”).
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