HSK 5 · Time

日子 rìzi “day” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 日子 means

  1. day
  2. date
  3. life
  4. days
  5. a (calendar) date
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • days of one’s life

How to say 日子

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale日rì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

日子 in a sentence

  1. 今天是什么日子？

    Jīntiān shì shénme rìzi?

    What day is it today?

    Sentence #382949 from Tatoeba

  2. 星期日是我休息的日子。

    Xīngqīrì shì wǒ xiūxi de rìzi.

    Sunday is my day off.

    Sentence #6451962 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我很思念过去的日子。

    Wǒ hěn sīniàn guòqù de rìzi.

    I really miss the old days.

    Sentence #3065695 from Tatoeba

How 日子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 日 (rì) with each of its parts in a different colour
日rìsun
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from the sun.

The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 日子

日 4 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

日子 (rìzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 日子 (rìzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 日子

Words with 日

星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday日rì · day生日shēngrì · birthday节日jiérì · holiday工作日gōngzuòrì · working day日记rìjì · diary日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date日程rìchéng · schedule日常rìcháng · day-to-day

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Time & Sequence

平常píngcháng · ordinary期间qījiān · period of time日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date如今rújīn · nowadays时代shídài · age时刻shíkè · time时期shíqī · period

FAQs

日子 (rìzi) means “day” or “date”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it rìzi: rì with a 4th tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 日子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rizi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 日子 from the suggestions. Typing rizi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
日子 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.