Hi everyone, welcome to Toto Chinese, I'm Zhang. Today we're going to do days of the week. If you can count numbers in Chinese from 1 to 6, for days of the week, Monday to Saturday will just be a piece of cake. The structure for days of the week in Chinese would possibly be far simpler than you thought. You need to know the word for week and numbers. Now let's start with the word week. It's xin qi. Both characters are flat tone. xin qi. xin qi. Another two sayings for week are Zhou and Li. But xin qi is most commonly used among the three expressions in mainland China. So I'll only use xin qi for this lesson. Let's try that again. xin qi. xin qi. Guys, are you able to count from 1 to 6 in Chinese? How about we count together? If you didn't learn these numbers before, perhaps just repeat after me, or click on the link on small numbers over here, or the link down below in the description. 1 is e 2 is r 3 is 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 very good. Now let's move on to the magic jigsaw. The structure for days of the week is xin qi plus a number. For example, Monday is xin qi. Once again, xin qi means week and 1 is e. Monday is the same as the first day of a week in China. So we use one in the word for Monday. xin qi, e, xin qi, e. Tuesday is xin qi, r. It's simply because Tuesday is the second day of the week. So we use number two, which is r. xin qi, r. xin qi, r. So for Wednesday, you can guess. We use number three, which is 3. So Wednesday is xin qi plus 3. xin qi, r. xin qi, r. How about Thursday? That's it. Number four. Number four is 4. So Thursday is xin qi, 4. That's right. xin qi, 4. Friday is the fifth day of the week. So Friday is xin qi plus 5. xin qi, r. Follow me. xin qi, r. Saturday is day six during the week. Number six is 6. So Saturday is xin qi plus 6. xin qi, r. xin qi, r. The last day of the week is Sunday. I guess some of you might think. And it's xin qi, qi, because that's the seven. And number seven is qi. So Sunday, of course, is xin qi. Well, I agree that sounds very reasonable, but we actually don't use any number for Sunday. Instead, we say xin qi, tian. Tian means the sky. The sky, tian, t i, a n, flat tone. Tian, tian. Sunday is xin qi, tian, xin qi, tian. Another saying for Sunday is xin qi, r. r is san. So think about the word san in Sunday. xin qi, r. xin qi, r. xin qi, r, sounds a bit formal. I guess you really hear people use it in daily conversations. The question we used to ask what day is it today? Is xin qi, tian. Xin qi, tian means today. Repeat after me. Xin qi, tian. Xin qi, tian means which day of the week? Xin qi, tian. tian is a question word. It's often used to ask for a small number, which we assume would be smaller than 10. Repeat after me. Xin qi, tian. Xin qi, tian. Xin qi, tian. Xin qi, tian. Very good. The answer to this question is pretty simple. You just need to tell the day straight away. For example, you ask me, 今天, xin qi, tian. What day is it today? I'll say xin qi, tian, liu, which is said today. Let's recap what was covered in this lesson. Firstly, days of the week. Its structure is xin qi plus a number. So Monday is xin qi, e, tian, xin qi, r. Wednesday, xin qi, ssam, Thursday, xin qi, s. Friday, xin qi, wu, and Saturday is xin qi, liu. Xin qi, liu. Sunday is a bit tricky. It's not related to a number. Sunday is xin qi, tian, o, xin qi, r. Thanks so much for watching this video. I hope you enjoyed this lesson. If you want to keep updated and with latest Chinese lessons from talk to Chinese channel, don't forget to subscribe to my channel. I'll see you next time. Zai Jian.