星期天

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
• 天tiān4 strokesHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial

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

Example sentences

• 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 星期天. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 天tiānHSK 1

  day; sky; heaven

• 今天jīn tiānHSK 1

  today; at the present; now

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 昨天zuó tiānHSK 1

  yesterday

• 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]

• 天气tiān qìHSK 1

  weather

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 星期xīng qīHSK 1

  week; day of the week; Sunday

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 聊天liáo tiān

  to chat; to gossip

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

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

• 夏天xià tiānHSK 2

  summer

• 天堂tiān tángHSK 6

  paradise; heaven

• 冬天dōng tiānHSK 2

  winter

• 天空tiān kōngHSK 3

  sky

• 天使tiān shǐHSK 7

  angel

• 卫星wèi xīngHSK 5

  satellite; moon

• 整天zhěng tiānHSK 3

  all day long; whole day

• 期望qī wàngHSK 5

  to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope

• 当天dāng tiānHSK 6

  on that day

• 白天bái tiānHSK 1

  daytime; during the day; day

• 天下tiān xiàHSK 6

  land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule