Days Of The Week

Days of the week are often used in our daily life.  It’s something that we say almost every day.  So all kids and beginner Chinese learners will learn this expression after they have been able to tell some basic numbers in Chinese.

Lesson materials for this topic:

As you may know, in Chinese, the days of the week are typically referred to using numbers. Here’s how the days of the week are related to numbers in Mandarin Chinese:

1. Monday – 星期一 (Xīngqī yī) – Literally, “Week One”
2. Tuesday – 星期二 (Xīngqī èr) – Literally, “Week Two”
3. Wednesday – 星期三 (Xīngqī sān) – Literally, “Week Three”
4. Thursday – 星期四 (Xīngqī sì) – Literally, “Week Four”
5. Friday – 星期五 (Xīngqī wǔ) – Literally, “Week Five”
6. Saturday – 星期六 (Xīngqī liù) – Literally, “Week Six”
7. Sunday – 星期天 (Xīngqī tiān) or 星期日 (Xīngqī rì) – Literally, “Week Day”

As you can see, the days of the week are often expressed using the word “星期” (Xīngqī), which means “week,” followed by the corresponding number. This numerical system is straightforward and logical, making it relatively easy for learners to understand and remember the days of the week in Chinese.

Want further engage in some days of the week themed activities? Do check out our free to download 2024 Chinese Summer Holiday Journal which offers two versions of well designed summer holiday journal for kids to work on.

Download our free printable worksheets Chinese Numbers 1 to 10 Writing Activity Worksheets to learn the ten basic numbers. Your young learners can practice tracing, writing, and saying each number with these engaging worksheets.

If you would like your young learners to achieve the next milestone, counting 1 to 20, check out our Chinese Numbers 1-20 Printable Pack which offers a full set of fun and engaging Chinese numbers 1 to 20 learning activities featuring tracing, writing, coloring, cutting, puzzling, and even more!

On this page, you will find slides, flashcards, and worksheets which you can download and print out for kids and beginner students to use. You will also have an online activity to support your teaching.

If you would like to extend your teaching to some basic daily activity vocabulary. Check out our post My 24 hours worksheet.

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Flashcards

The Chinese-English flashcards are used for kids or beginner Chinese learners to memorize vocabulary. They can be printed out, cut into small pieces, and kept handy.

The Chinese-only version can be used for games when parents or teachers review vocabulary with kids. You can print them out and also cut them into pieces, then make them disordered and ask kids to put them in the correct order, or say a random day in English then let kids find out the correct flashcard.

Worksheets

After learning and repeating the vocabulary for the days of the week using flashcards, kids can enjoy the drawing activity with this worksheet.

There is a color version and a black-and-white version.

Online practice

By doing the online drag-and-drop game below ↓, learners can get sufficient practice to memorize the new words.