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星期
sing1 kei4
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week. Syn.: 禮拜 (informal) Level: 1 Google Frequency: 3,130,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 5277 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:星 sing1 - star期 kei4 - period of time; phase; expect 17 compounds containing this word:星期一 - Monday星期二 - Tuesday 星期三 - Wednesday 星期四 - Thursday 星期五 - Friday 星期六 - Saturday 星期日 - Sunday 星期天 - Sunday 星期尾 - weekend 上星期 - last week 下個星期 - next week 上個星期 - last week 下星期 - next week 兩星期 - fortnight 黑色星期五 - Friday The 13th, black Friday Common Formations: 下星期見 - see you next week 本星期 - this week |
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Showing all 6 examples containing 星期 
我下個星期就返香港啦。 粵
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797] | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
升旗
sing1 kei4 = raise a flag |
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