Studying Chinese

tamutom
 November 22, 2010, 07:35 PM posted in General Discussion

Here is the third way of saying week: 礼拜 lǐbài. Does it have uses different from 星期 and 周？


I thought heard the teachers talking about 限 xiàn (limit/bound) as “line,” so I expected it to be the same word as used last week in ‘online’ 线 xiàn (thread/string/wire/line), but I see it is a different character. Were they saying that the words sound the same, but are different?

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helencao_counselor
 November 22, 2010, 09:09 PM

礼拜 is actually a religious word. It means Sunday by itself.  礼拜日 or 礼拜天 are all mean Sunday too.

星期 is the most common way of saying week in daily life. It can be used in both written or spoken language.

 

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helencao_counselor
 November 22, 2010, 09:11 PM

yes, 限 and 线  only sound the same, the meanings are totally different. :)