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The Chinese word for Tuesday is
星期二

xīng qī èr


Chinese Definition


Tuesday
     1. 名词. 星期二
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. two
           二 號 線 (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2
     2. second
           二哥 - second elder brother
           二意 - tr=èryì -
           二心 - tr=èrxīn -
     3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.)
           Synonyms: 々, 〻
     4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
           ※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value
           百 二 - one hundred twenty
           百 二 (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN
           買 電腦 花 了 一 千 二。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
     5. Short for "twenty cents".
           黃瓜 一 塊 二 一 斤。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
     6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
           你 這 人 怎麼 這麼 二! (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
     7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
           我 中文man4-2 二 咗,入 唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
     8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script
           不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò
     9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes.



Translations for and their definitions

星期二
     1. n. Tuesday


禮拜二
     1. n. Tuesday


礼拜二
     1. Simplified form of 禮拜二


周二
     1. Simplified form of 週二


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