HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Time

工作日 gōngzuòrì “working day” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 工作日 means

  1. working day
  2. weekday
  3. workday

How to say 工作日

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale工gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale作zuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale日rì4th tone, falling

工作日 in a sentence

  1. 星期天不是我的工作日。

    Xīngqītiān bú shì wǒ de gōngzuòrì.

    Sunday isn’t a working day for me.

    Sentence #798388 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们的工作人员会在三个工作日内联系您。

    Wǒmen de gōngzuò rényuán huì zài sān ge gōngzuòrì nèi liánxì nín.

    Our staff will contact you within three working days.

    Sentence #3559228 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 工作日包括：星期一、二、三、四、五。

    Gōngzuòrì bāokuò: xīngqīyī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ.

    The working days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

    Sentence #13552260 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 工作日 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 工 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
工gōngwork
  • 一one · yī
  • 丄above · shàng

Memory aidDrawn from a builder’s tool: work.

The character 作 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
作zuòto do; to engage in
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 乍first time · zhà

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 乍 (zhà) for the sound: to make, to do.

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.

How to write 工作日

工 3 strokes · 作 7 strokes · 日 4 strokes

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

Words related to 工作日

Words with 工

工作gōngzuò · to work工资gōngzī · wages工厂gōngchǎng · factory打工dǎgōng · to work a casual or part-time job工人gōngrén · worker工业gōngyè · industry员工yuángōng · employee工具gōngjù · tool手工shǒugōng · handmade工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer

Words with 作

工作gōngzuò · to work作业zuòyè · school assignment作者zuòzhě · author作家zuòjiā · writer动作dòngzuò · movement作用zuòyòng · effect制作zhìzuò · to make写作xiězuò · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay合作hézuò · to cooperate

Words with 日

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

More words: Time & Dates

半天bàntiān · half a day前天qiántiān · the day before yesterday后天hòutiān · the day after tomorrow四季sìjì · the four seasons前年qiánnián · the year before last后年hòunián · the year after next之后zhīhòu · after之前zhīqián · before

FAQs

工作日 (gōngzuòrì) means “working day” or “weekday”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it gōngzuòrì: gōng with a 1st tone, then zuò with a 4th tone, then rì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 工作日 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongzuori with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 工作日 from the suggestions. Typing gongzuori into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
工作日 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.