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星期六xīng qī liù
Saturday
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
星期六 | xīng期liù | |
1. n. Saturday | ||
Chinese > Chinese | ||
星期六 | ||
1. 名词. 星期六 | ||
2. 名词. 一個星期的第六天,若從星期日算起則為一星期之第七天。 | ||
English > Chinese | ||
Saturday | ||
1. 名词. 星期六 | ||
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 | ||
(zh-co, 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 | ||
六 | liù, lù | |
1. six | ||
六 城 - Six Cities (a literal translation of Altishahr, an ancient name for the region Xinjiang/East Turkestan) | ||
2. (printing) small text; The size of type between little 6, standardized as 7½ point. | ||
3. (dialectal) proficient | ||
4. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable | ||
5. . (pronounced Lù) | ||
6. name of an ancient state (pronounced Lù), also found in placenames (e.g., tr=Lù'ān Lu'an, Anhui, China) | ||
7. (music) (ng, Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).) | ||
8. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).) | ||
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xīng qī liù
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