The Chinese word for week is
星期
xīngqí
Translations for week and their definitions
| 星期 | |
| 1. n. week | |
| 上 個 星期 - last week | |
| 我 的 店鋪pù 下 個 星期 開張，歡迎 各位 親朋好友 前來。 - 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 來著着zhe，怎麼 會 在 旅遊 呢？ - She moved house only last week, how can she be travelling now? | |
| 2. n. day of the week (when used with a number, 日 or 天) | |
| 星期一 - Monday | |
| 3. n. (Mainland, specifically) Sunday | |
| 4. n. (specifically) wedding day |
| 週 | |
| 1. week | |
| 2. circumference | |
| 3. turn; cycle | |
| 4. anniversary |
| 周 | |
| 1. to circle, to encircle | |
| 2. circle, circumference, periphery | |
| 3. everywhere | |
| 4. curve (in a road) | |
| 5. complete; thorough; scrupulous; meticulous | |
| 6. to help (e.g. financially) | |
| 7. (historical) Zhou Dynasty | |
| ^周 ^恩-來 - Zhou Enlai / Chou En-Lai (the first Premier of the People's Republic of China) | |
| 8. Simplified form of 週 | |
| 9. usage. This variant form is the name of the second tetragram of the Taixuanjing (?), as listed in the ancient text. |
| 禮拜 | |
| 1. n. (religion) service; prayer; salat | |
| 2. n. (colloquial, regional) week | |
| 上 禮拜 我 在 那 家 店 買 了 一 件 新 外套。 - I got a new coat in that store last week. | |
| 3. n. day of the week (when used with a number, 日 or 天) | |
| 禮拜一 - Monday | |
| 4. n. (colloquial, regional) Sunday; day off | |
| 5. v. to worship | |
| 禮拜 神佛 - to worship deities - |
| 礼拜 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 禮拜 |
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