Difference between revisions of "Structure of days of the week"

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There are several ways to refer to the days of the week in Chinese. (Fortunately, they're all pretty easy.)

Days of the week in Chinese are formed by the word week followed by a number:

Days of the week
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
星期一	星期二	星期三	星期四	星期五	星期六	星期天

Notice that Sunday is the only exception. Rather than a number, 天 is used. More formally, Sunday is also referred to as 星期日.

As well as 星期, two other words for week can be used:

So a more complete table of days of the week is:

Other ways to say days of the week
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
星期一	星期二	星期三	星期四	星期五	星期六	星期天
周一	周二	周三	周四	周五	周六	周日/周天
礼拜一	礼拜二	礼拜三	礼拜四	礼拜五	礼拜六	礼拜天

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 *明天 <em>周五</em>，太 高兴 了。<span class="trans">Tomorrow is Friday, I'm so happy.</span>
 * <em>星期一</em> 我们 要 上班。<span class="trans">We will go to work on Monday.</span>
-* <em>星期二</em> 我 很 忙。<span class="trans">We are busy on Tuesday.</span>
+* <em>星期二</em> 我 很 忙。<span class="trans">I am busy on Tuesday.</span>
 * 你 <em>周三</em> 要 做 什么？<span class="trans">What are you doing on Wednesday?</span>
 * 我们 <em>礼拜六</em> 和 <em>礼拜天</em> 不 在 上海。<span class="trans">Saturday and Sunday we will not be in Shanghai.</span>