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The Chinese word for Monday is
星期一

xīng qī yī


Chinese Definition


Monday
     1. 名词. 星期一
Components
     1. transliteration of Indian name Singh
     1. to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet
           不期而遇 - to meet unexpectedly or by chance
     2. (literary) to meet; to gather
     3. to hope; to wish; to expect
           期待 - to look forward to
           未來 可 期
     4. date; specific day; scheduled time
           限期 - deadline
     5. (Cantonese) time slots; schedule
           我 今個 月 啲 期 全部 爆 嗮。 - All my time slots are filled this month.
     6. period of time; stage
           學期 - semester
           青春期 - adolescence
     7. (geology) age (geochronologic unit)
     8. (obsolete) undoubtedly; certainly
     9. (obsolete) limit
     10. (obsolete) good fortune; chance
     11. (obsolete) one-year anniversary
     12. (historical, obsolete) one-year mourning (garment) for the death of a senior family member
     1. one
           一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
           一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
           一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
           一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
           一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
           一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
     2. each; every
           給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
     3. single; alone
           獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
           專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
     4. whole; entire; all: throughout
           他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
     5. same; identical
           大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
           大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
     6. (classical) another; alternative
           蟋蟀,一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
     7. (formal) certain aforementioned
           「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
     8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
     9.    Indicating that the action has occurred only once
     10.    看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
     11.    望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
     12.    Indicating the intention to try
     13.    算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
     14.    計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
     15. once; as soon as; upon
           一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
           我 一 拍 了 照片,她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
           一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
           一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
     16. (gay slang) top
           一號 - yīhào - a top
     17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
     18. =====Usage notes=====
     19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
     20. one
     21. each; every
     22. whole; entire; all
     23. (Beijing) one
     24. =====Usage notes=====



Translations for and their definitions

星期一
     1. n. Monday


禮拜一
     1. n. Monday


礼拜一
     1. Simplified form of 禮拜一


周一
     1. Simplified form of 週一


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