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星期天xīng qī tiān
Sunday
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān, xīngqítiān | |
| 1. n. Sunday | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| Sunday | ||
| 1. 名词. 星期天、星期日 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 天 | tiān | |
| 1. sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial | ||
| 天空 - sky - | ||
| 天 黑 了。 - It's getting dark. (lit. The sky is becoming black) | ||
| 2. (mythology or religion) heaven as the abode of the gods or the blessed departed; heavenly | ||
| 上天 - to go up to the sky; to go to heaven - | ||
| 天意 - Heaven's will - | ||
| 3. (mythology or religion) Heaven as an impersonal deity; (often translated as God) | ||
| 天主 - God - | ||
| 老天 - god - | ||
| 我 的 天 啊！ - Oh my God! - | ||
| 天 助 自 助 者。 - God helps those who help themselves. | ||
| 4. top; overhead | ||
| 天橋 - footbridge - | ||
| 天窗 - sunroof - | ||
| 5. weather; climate | ||
| 天 很 冷。 - It's very cold. | ||
| 如果 天 晴，我們 就 去 散步。 - If the weather clears, we'll go for a walk. | ||
| 6. day (24 hours) | ||
| 今天 - today - | ||
| 明天 - tomorrow - | ||
| 三 天 - three days - | ||
| 7. day (as opposed to night) | ||
| 白天 - daytime - | ||
| 三 天 兩 夜 - three days and two nights - | ||
| 8. period of time in a day | ||
| 五更天 - just before dawn - | ||
| 天 不 早 了。 - It's getting late. | ||
| 9. season | ||
| 春天、夏天、秋天、冬天 - spring, summer, autumn, winter | ||
| 黃梅天 - rainy season - | ||
| 10. nature | ||
| 天災 - natural disaster - | ||
| 11. natural; innate | ||
| 天生 - innate - | ||
| 天性 - nature, personality - | ||
| 天才 - genius - | ||
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Pronunciation
xīng qī tiān
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