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六日

liùrì
noun #32,459

Meanings

  1. 1 six days
  2. 2 the sixth day (of a month)
  3. 3 Saturday and Sunday (i.e. the weekend, in spoken Chinese)

Examples

HSK 1
六日两天我们都不上班。
Liùrì liǎng tiān wǒmen dōu bù shàngbān.
We don't work on Saturdays or Sundays.
HSK 1
今天是五月六日。
Jīntiān shì wǔyuè liù rì.
Today is May 6th.
HSK 4
我请了六日的假。
Wǒ qǐng le liù rì de jià.
I took six days of leave.

Tips

usage
Three readings depending on context: (1) duration 六日 = six days; (2) date 五月六日 = May 6th; (3) shorthand for 周六日 / 礼拜六日 = the weekend (Saturday + Sunday), e.g. 六日不上班 'closed weekends.' Tone in pinyin is liù-rì in all three; meaning is purely contextual.

Stroke Order

六 liù
日 rì