Someone asked me, how do you say weekday in Chinese?

First, how do you say week?

It’s quite easy. I think you know. It’s 星期(xīngqi)

Then how do you say day?

It’s quite easy, too.

It’s 天(tiān) or 日(rì) .

So we put week and day together to make weekday.

it’s 星期天(xingqitiān)or 星期日(xingqirì)

So am I right? Is weekday 星期天(xingqitiān)or 星期日(xingqirì)?

I think you know it’s not correct

Actually, 星期天(xingqitiān)or 星期日(xingqirì) means Sunday.

So in many cases

it’s not good to translate word by word

It just doesn’t work very well.

So how do you say weekday?

We say 工作日(gōngzuòrì),

Gongzuo means work, Ri means day.

So Gongzuori, weekday.

Got it? I’ll see you next time