week

lamartiniere
August 04, 2012, 06:43 PM posted in General Discussion

How to use 週, 星期 and 禮拜. What the difference between these three terms. Thanks.

L.

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mark
August 05, 2012, 03:39 AM

I believe 周、星期和礼拜 can be used pretty interchangably.  All three mean week.  I listed them ordered by degree of formality, and 周 doesn't take a measure word when you count them (it is a measure word itself for counting cycles, and the 7 day period is implicit).  In my experience, days of the week are more often composed from 周 or 星期  (e.g. 周一, 星期一).  People from Taiwan seem more prone to using 礼拜 than people from the mainland.

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lamartiniere
August 08, 2012, 04:59 PM

明白了.多謝了.

L.