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Chinese Days of the Week
(Click on any Chinese character to hear it pronounced.  Use your back arrow to return.)

yi Chinese characterpicture: er Chinese characterpicture: Chinese character san, "three".picture: Chinese character si, "four".picture: wu Chinese characterpicture: Chinese character liu, "six".
(Hover your cursor over a number to remind you of how it is pronounced.)

Once you can count to six in Chinese you know most of the days of the week:

The word "week" is grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"xing qi 

Monday  grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"yi Chinese character
Tuesday  grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"picture: er Chinese character
Wednesday  grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"picture: Chinese character san, "three".
Thursday  grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"picture: Chinese character si, "four".
Friday  grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"picture: wu Chinese character
Saturday  grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"picture: Chinese character liu, "six".

The only day that you need to learn seperately is Sunday grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"graphic: Chinese character tian "heaven"xing qi tian (week heaven)
also known as grapgic: Chinese character xing "star"graphic: Chinese character qi "week"graphic: Chinese character ri, "sun"xing qi ri (week sun)

And now you know the days of the week in Chinese.  They have a much tougher time learning the days of the week in English, each with a totally different and illogical name.

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