礼拜

禮拜
lǐbài
noun HSK 5 #2,377

Meanings

  1. 1 week (colloquial)
  2. 2 Sunday
  3. 3 religious service; worship

Characters

Ritual worship - originally meant religious service, now colloquially means 'week.'

Examples

HSK 2
Xià ge lǐbài wǒmen qù lǚyóu.
Next week we're going traveling.
HSK 3
Lǐbàisān wǒmen yǒu ge huìyì.
We have a meeting on Wednesday.
HSK 5
Zhè gè lǐbàitiān bówùguǎn yǒu yì chǎng miǎnfèi de zhǎnlǎn.
This Sunday the museum has a free exhibition.

Tips

usage
礼拜 as 'week' is colloquial, especially popular in southern China and Taiwan. 星期 (xīngqī) is the standard/formal term. Both are perfectly understood everywhere.
usage
Days of the week: 礼拜一 through 礼拜六 (Mon-Sat), 礼拜天/礼拜日 (Sunday). Same pattern as 星期一, etc.

Stroke Order

bài