{"id":11825,"date":"2015-12-09T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=11825"},"modified":"2018-02-23T14:14:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T18:14:06","slug":"your-weekly-schedule-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/your-weekly-schedule-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Weekly Schedule in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For beginners, a great way to practice a lot of useful Chinese is talking about your weekly schedule. This will help you review many aspects of the language &#8211; the days of the week, parts of the day, time, and daily activities. We&#8217;ll give you a chance to do just that at the end of the post, but first let&#8217;s do a little review:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Days of the Week in Chinese<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Monday (\u661f\u671f\u4e00 \u2013 x\u012bng q\u012b y\u012b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Tuesday (\u661f\u671f\u4e8c \u2013 x\u012bng q\u012b \u00e8r)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Wednesday (\u661f\u671f\u4e09 \u2013 x\u012bng q\u012b s\u0101n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Thursday (\u661f\u671f\u56db \u2013 x\u012bng q\u012b s\u00ec)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Friday (\u661f\u671f\u4e94 \u2013 x\u012bng q\u012b w\u01d4)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Saturday (\u661f\u671f\u516d \u2013 x\u012bng q\u012b li\u00f9)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Sunday (\u661f\u671f\u5929 \u2013 x\u012bng q\u012b ti\u0101n);\u00a0\u661f\u671f\u65e5 \u2013 x\u012bng q\u012b\u00a0r\u00ec)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Parts of the Day in Chinese<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h3>early morning (\u65e9\u4e0a &#8211; z\u01ceo sh\u00e0ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h3>morning\/mid-day (\u4e0a\u5348 &#8211; sh\u00e0ng w\u01d4)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h3>afternoon (\u4e0b\u5348 &#8211; xi\u00e0 w\u01d4)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h3>evening\/night (\u665a\u4e0a &#8211; w\u01cen sh\u00e0ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Telling the Time in Chinese<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already covered telling the time in great detail here on the blog, so it&#8217;s best if you go back and review those posts if you feel like you need the practice. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/telling-time-in-chinese-2\/\">This post<\/a> gives you all the basics you need to tell time, while <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/advanced-time-telling\/\">this more advanced post<\/a>\u00a0gets into some more detailed grammar that will up your fluency. For some more practice, follow along with this video:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Telling Time in Chinese\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N7JqVE2QGIE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Daily Activities in Chinese<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_11828\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11828\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11828\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/1-DSC_0265.jpg\" alt=\"Getting ready to \u4e0a\u8bfe\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/1-DSC_0265.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/1-DSC_0265-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting ready to \u4e0a\u8bfe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like it or not, most of us humans are a rather predictable bunch &#8211; we do the same things day after day. Learn the Chinese for <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/daily-activities\/\">20 common daily activities<\/a> from a past post and you&#8217;ll be well on your way to talking about your weekly schedule. To get a better idea of how to talk about your daily routine, you can watch this video I put together that shows &#8220;A Day in the (Chinese) Life:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Day in the (Chinese) Life\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ZPrJcrAMws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Your Weekly\u00a0Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>After reviewing all of the above, you should be ready to talk about your weekly schedule. To make it a bit easier for you, I&#8217;ve even gone ahead and created a simple table that you can fill in. Think about what you do each day and write it in the corresponding part of the day. Then, try to use all that you&#8217;ve learned when it comes to telling time and discussing daily routines to make complete sentences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11826\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.08.36-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-09 at 3.08.36 PM\" width=\"585\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.08.36-PM.png 585w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.08.36-PM-350x257.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Still need a little bit of help? That&#8217;s fine &#8211; it&#8217;s what I&#8217;m here for! For example, see what I wrote in three of the boxes for my weekly schedule:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11827\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.27.07-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-09 at 3.27.07 PM\" width=\"590\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.27.07-PM.png 590w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.27.07-PM-350x280.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, here are three sample sentences based on the table that you can use as models:<\/p>\n<h4>\u661f\u671f\u4e8c\u4e0a\u5348\u6211\u4ece\u5341\u70b9\u5230\u5341\u4e8c\u70b9\u4e0a\u8bfe.<br \/>\nx\u012bng q\u00ed \u00e8r sh\u00e0ng w\u01d4 w\u01d2 c\u00f3ng sh\u00ed di\u01cen d\u00e0o sh\u00ed \u00e8r di\u01cen sh\u00e0ng k\u00e8<br \/>\nOn Tuesday morning I have class from 10-12.<\/h4>\n<h4>I usually go to the gym to workout on Thursday afternoon.<br \/>\n\u6211\u4e00\u822c\u661f\u671f\u56db\u4e0b\u5348\u53bb\u5065\u8eab\u623f\u505a\u8fd0\u52a8.<br \/>\nw\u01d2 y\u012b b\u0101n x\u012bng q\u00ed s\u00ec xi\u00e0 w\u01d4 q\u00f9 ji\u00e0n sh\u0113n f\u00e1ng zu\u00f2 y\u00f9n d\u00f2ng<\/h4>\n<h4>On Friday night at 8 I drink beer with my friends.<br \/>\n\u661f\u671f\u4e94\u665a\u4e0a\u516b\u70b9\u6211\u8ddf\u670b\u53cb\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u559d\u5564\u9152.<br \/>\nx\u012bng q\u00ed w\u01d4 w\u01cen sh\u00e0ng b\u0101 di\u01cen w\u01d2 g\u0113n p\u00e9ng y\u01d2u men y\u012b q\u01d0 h\u0113 p\u00ed ji\u01d4<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; what do YOU do every week? Leave a comment to practice your Chinese typing skills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.27.07-PM-350x280.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.27.07-PM-350x280.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-09-at-3.27.07-PM.png 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>For beginners, a great way to practice a lot of useful Chinese is talking about your weekly schedule. This will help you review many aspects of the language &#8211; the days of the week, parts of the day, time, and daily activities. 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