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What day is today in Mandarin?
Conversation 1 : What day is today?
| 今天 | jīntiān | today |
|---|---|---|
| 号 | hào | number, date |
| 5月 | 5 yuè | May |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 星期 | xīngqī | week |
What is dat in Chinese?
/dæt/ abbreviation for digital audio tape. 数字录音带（digital audio tape的缩写）
What is the first day of the week in China?
Monday
What is the first day of the week in China? The week begins with Monday in China. Sunday is the seventh day of the week.
What day is tomorrow in Mandarin?
明天 zuótiān
Other Words Related to Dates in Chinese
| English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| today | 今天 | jīntiān |
| yesterday | 昨天 | míngtiān |
| tomorrow | 明天 | zuótiān |
| the day before yesterday | 前天 | qiántiān |
What is Chinese date fruit?
海枣 : date (fruit)… : hǎi zǎo | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary | Yabla Chinese.
Why China starts the week on Monday instead of Sunday?
However, when the Western-style week came to China in modern times, ordinary people first associated it with Christian missionaries. A popular system of numbering the days arose from this encounter, starting from ‘Sunday’, the ‘day of worship’, followed by Monday (literally Worship One), Tuesday (Worship Two), etc.
Who Invented days?
The Babylonians named each of the days after one of the five planetary bodies known to them (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) and after the Sun and the Moon, a custom later adopted by the Romans.
What is a Chinese apple?
Chinese apple is a name used for several fruits : Citrus × sinensis (orange) is referred to as Chinese apple in Dutch, sinaasappel or appelsien, and sometimes German, Apfelsine, Swedish apelsin, and Danish and Norwegian appelsin,’, and Icelandic appelsína’, and Lithuanian apelsinas.
Is jujube a date?
Jujube fruit (Ziziphus jujuba) is also known as the Chinese date, jujube, or red date. The plant is native to China and has been grown in the US for more than 175 years. The jujube fruit ranges in shape from round to pear-shaped. It may be as small as a cherry or as big as a plum.
What is Thursday named after?
Tyr was one of the sons of Odin, or Woden, the supreme deity after whom Wednesday was named. Similarly, Thursday originates from Thor’s-day, named in honour of Thor, the god of thunder. Friday was derived from Frigg’s-day, Frigg, the wife of Odin, representing love and beauty, in Norse mythology.