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星期一xīng qī yī
Monday
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
星期一 | xīng期一 | |
1. n. Monday | ||
Chinese > Chinese | ||
星期一 | ||
1. 名词. 星期一 | ||
2. 名词. 一個星期的第二天 | ||
English > Chinese | ||
Monday | ||
1. 名词. 星期一 | ||
Components | ||
星 | Xīng | |
1. transliteration of Indian name Singh | ||
期 | qī, qí | |
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 | ||
一 | 一 | |
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===== | ||
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xīng qī yī
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