Days of the week in Chinese

Do you know the days of the week in Chinese? Can you talk about different times of day? If you want to organize meetings with friends and colleagues in Mandarin Chinese, these are useful things to know.

The Rocket Chinese team has created this free audio lesson so you know the questions to ask, and some different ways to reply. That way you can be sure everyone will arrive on the same day at the same time! You’ll learn lots of useful Chinese vocabulary that you can use in all kinds of Chinese conversations. Take your time, listen carefully to the Chinese pronunciation, and practice saying the words and phrases aloud. Let’s go!

Pronouncing the days of the week in Chinese

星期一

xīngqīyī

Monday

星期二

xīngqīèr

Tuesday

星期三

xīngqīsān

Wednesday

星期四

xīngqīsì

Thursday

星期五

xīngqīwǔ

Friday

星期六

xīngqīliù

Saturday

星期天

xīngqītiān

Sunday

Days on the week in Chinese

How to organise meetings in Chinese

我们几点见？

Wǒmen jǐdiǎn jiàn？

At what time shall we meet?

我们在哪儿见？

Wǒmen zài nǎr jiàn？

Where shall we meet?

什么时候你最方便？

Shénme shíhòu nǐ zuì fāngbiàn？

When is best for you?

哪一天？

Nǎyìtiān (Nǎyitiān)？

On which day?

这个星期？

Zhège xīngqī？

This week?

下个星期？

Xiàge xīngqī？

Next week?

周六周日？

Zhōuliù zhōurì ?

On the weekend?

周一到周五？

Zhōuyī dào zhōuwǔ？

During the week?

周初？

Zhōuchū？

At the start of the week?

周末？

Zhōumò？

At the end of the week?

Once you’ve agreed on a day you need to agree on a time…

上午

shàngwǔ

In the morning

午饭前

wǔfànqián

Before lunch

午饭时

wǔfànshí

During lunch

下午

xiàwǔ

In the afternoon

傍晚

bàngwǎn

In the evening

晚上

wǎnshàng

At night

Here are some more words and phrases for you…

早

zǎo

Early

早一点儿

Zǎo yìdiǎnr (yīdiǎnr)

Earlier

晚

wǎn

Late

一会儿

yìhuǐr

Later or later on

很快

hěnkuài

Soon

现在

xiànzài

Now

立刻

lìkè

Straight away

昨天

zuótiān

Yesterday

今天

jīntiān

Today

明天

míngtiān

Tomorrow

后天

hòutiān

The day after tomorrow

某个时间

mǒugè shíjiān

Sometime

十点

shídiǎn

At ten o’clock

三天内

sāntiān nèi

In three days

If you want more lessons on Chinese time then I recommend these ones!

Chinese Time.
Need to organise meetings in Chinese.
All the months in Chinese.
All about telling the time in Chinese.

Xià cì jiàn! (下次见！)

Lin Ping
Rocket Chinese

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