星期

Character by character

• 星xīng9 strokesHSK 1a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
• 期qī12 strokesHSK 1period of time; date; time limit

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 下个星期见！

  Xià ge xīng qī jiàn

  See you next week!

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• 明天是星期天。

  Míng tiān shì Xīng qī tiān

  It is Sunday tomorrow.

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• 我星期天在家。

  Wǒ Xīng qī tiān zài jiā

  I stay at home on Sundays.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 星期. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 期待qī dàiHSK 4

  to look forward to; to await; expectation

• 明星míng xīngHSK 2

  star; celebrity

• 期qīHSK 3

  a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí]

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 卫星wèi xīngHSK 5

  satellite; moon

• 期望qī wàngHSK 5

  to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope

• 日期rì qīHSK 1

  date

• 预期yù qīHSK 5

  to expect; to anticipate

• 假期jià qīHSK 2

  vacation

• 星星xīng xingHSK 2

  (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky

• 早期zǎo qīHSK 5

  early period; early phase; early stage

• 期限qī xiànHSK 4

  time limit; deadline; allotted time

• 短期duǎn qīHSK 3

  short term; short-term

• 学期xué qīHSK 2

  term; semester

• 星座xīng zuòHSK 7

  constellation; astrological sign

• 近期jìn qīHSK 3

  near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent

• 定期dìng qīHSK 3

  at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term

• 星期天xīng qī tiānHSK 1

  Sunday

• 巨星jù xīngHSK 7

  (astronomy) giant star; (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)

• 周期zhōu qīHSK 5

  period; cycle

• 外星人wài xīng rénHSK 7

  space alien; extraterrestrial

• 期盼qī pànHSK 7

  to expect; to await