七日

qīrì
noun #34,196

Meanings

  1. 1 seven days
  2. 2 a week (literary / formal)

Examples

Tā zài shān shàng xiūxíng le qī rì qī yè.
He cultivated himself on the mountain for seven days and seven nights.
Qǐng zài qī rì nèi huífù.
Please reply within seven days.

Tips

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七日 is the literary or formal way to say 'seven days' / 'a week'; in casual speech use 一个星期 or . Often appears in legal notices (七日 'within seven days'), Buddhist contexts (the 7-day mourning intervals 头七 to ), and titles like the Japanese horror film 《七日》(One Missed Call) localizations.
culture
In Chinese folk tradition, the seventh day after a death is 头七 (tóuqī), when the deceased's spirit is believed to return home for a final visit. This makes 七日 culturally weightier than just a calendar week.

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