星期三
Xīng qī sān
Pinyin

Definition

星期三
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Xīng qī sān
  1. Wednesday

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
星座
xīng zuò
  1. 1 constellation
  2. 2 astrological sign
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng]
期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]
三峡
Sān xiá
  1. 1 Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qú táng Xiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wū Xiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xī líng Xiá]
  2. 2 Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
三明治
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
三星
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
三角
sān jiǎo
  1. 1 triangle
三里屯
Sān lǐ tún
  1. 1 Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
五星
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五星级
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
佳期
jiā qī
  1. 1 wedding day
  2. 2 day of tryst

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

李先生，谢谢你今天来，我最快下个星期三就会给你这次面试的回复。
Lǐ xiānsheng ，xièxie nǐ jīntiān lái ，wǒ zuìkuài xià ge xīngqīsān jiù huì gěi nǐ zhècì miànshì de huífù 。
Mr Li, thanks for coming today. I'll get back to you at the soonest next Wednesday.
Go to Lesson 
星期三我要去见客户。
xīngqīsān wǒ yào qù jiàn kèhù 。
I am going to meet a client this Wednesday.
Go to Lesson 
这星期三就是小宝生日了，我们应该怎么帮他庆祝？
zhè xīngqīsān jiùshì Xiǎo Bǎo shēngrì le ，wǒmen yīnggāi zěnme bāng tā qìngzhù ？
This Wednesday is Xiaobao's birthday, how should we celebrate it with him?
Go to Lesson 
这个星期三吗？没问题。不过我刚考上大学，十月开学之后可能需要换时间。
zhè ge xīngqīsān ma ？méiwèntí 。búguò wǒ gāng kǎoshàng dàxué ，shíyuè kāixué zhīhòu kěnéng xūyào huàn shíjiān 。
This Wednesday? No problem. But I just got into university, so I may need to switch times in October when term starts.
Go to Lesson 
嗯，那您星期三上午可以来吗？
ng4 ，nà nín xīngqīsān shàngwǔ kěyǐ lái ma ？
Eh... So can you come on Wednesday mornings?
Go to Lesson 
太好了！那星期三我应该几点到呢？
tài hǎo le ！nà xīngqīsān wǒ yīnggāi jǐ diǎn dào ne ？
That's great! So what time should I come on Wednesday?
Go to Lesson 
我没空。星期三怎么样？
wǒ méikòng 。xīngqī sān zěnmeyàng ？
I don't. How about Wednesday?
Go to Lesson 
星期三。
xīngqīsān 。
Wednesday.
Go to Lesson