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. 周六日, the weekend, in spoken Chinese)

Examples

Wǒ qǐng le liù rì de jià.
I took six days of leave.
Liù rì liǎng tiān wǒmen dōu bù shàngbān.
We don't work on Saturdays or Sundays.
Jīntiān shì wǔ yuè liù rì.
Today is May 6th.

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 / 礼拜六 = the weekend (Saturday + Sunday), e.g. 六日上班 'closed weekends.' Tone in pinyin is liù-rì in all three; meaning is purely contextual.

Stroke Order

liù