VocabularyHSK 3 · core

星期六

xīngqīliù

Saturday

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

period
hismoon
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six
topeight
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12 strokes · 8.3s
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Examples

  1. 星期六不上班。
    Don't work Saturday.
  2. 星期六的早上。
    Saturday morning.

Collocations

星期六早上每星期六下星期六

Mnemonic

星期六 xīngqīliù "Saturday" — 星期 + 六 (6), the last numbered day. Sunday breaks pattern: 星期天 / 星期日 (no number). KR/JA 土曜 uses Saturn/earth.

Quick check

  1. Why Sunday not 星期七?

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