How to say “workday” in Chinese
workday, weekday
“Workday” in Chinese is 工作日, gōng zuò rì: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.
How to pronounce it
工作日 is read gōng zuò rì: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A picture of a carpenter's square.
On the left, 亻 “person”.
A picture of the sun.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “工作日”.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “workday” in Chinese?
“Workday” in Chinese is 工作日, pinyin gōngzuòrì.
What does 工作日 mean?
工作日 (gōngzuòrì) means “workday, weekday”.
How do you write 工作日?
工作日 is 3 characters: 工 (gōng) — work, labor; 作 (zuò) — do; work; 日 (rì) — sun, day. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 工作日?
工作日 is read gōngzuòrì. Tones: gōng — first tone, zuò — fourth tone, rì — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.
“workday” in the lesson “At the office”
This word is from the topic “Work and business” of HSK 3. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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