黑五

hēiwǔ

noun

Meanings

1 Black Friday (short for 黑色星期五)

Characters

five / Friday (abbrev. from 星期五)

Examples

HSK 3

黑五的时候我在亚马逊上买了一台笔记本。

Hēiwǔ de shíhou wǒ zài Yàmǎxùn shàng mǎi le yì tái bǐjìběn.

During Black Friday I bought a laptop on Amazon.

HSK 3

对中国人来说双11比黑五更重要。

Duì Zhōngguórén láishuō Shuāng Shí yī bǐ Hēiwǔ gèng zhòngyào.

For Chinese people, Double 11 is more important than Black Friday.

HSK 7-9

海淘族特别关注黑五折扣。

Hǎitáo zú tèbié guānzhù Hēiwǔ zhékòu.

Cross-border online shoppers watch Black Friday deals closely.

Tips

culture

Mostly relevant to 海淘 (cross-border e-commerce) shoppers buying from US/EU sites, since China already has 双11 (Singles' Day) dominating the local sale calendar in November.

Stroke Order

黑 hēi

五 wǔ