sing1 kei4 sei3星期四
Jyutpingsing1 kei4 sei3
Yalesīng kèih sei
Definition
Thursday; the fourth day of the week.
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How it's used
Cantonese speakers often omit the word 星期 when referring to days of the week in casual speech, opting for 禮拜 instead. While 星期四 is perfectly standard and widely understood, 禮拜四 feels slightly more natural in relaxed, everyday conversation. Both are interchangeable in formal and informal settings.
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Are you free on Thursday?
I go swimming every Thursday.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
