HSK 3 · Time

周末 zhōumò “weekend” in Chinese

Traditional 週末

What 周末 means

  1. weekend

How to say 周末

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale周zhōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale末mò4th tone, falling

周末 in a sentence

  1. 你周末过得怎么样？

    Nǐ zhōumò guò de zěnmeyàng?

    How was your weekend?

    Sentence #2254419 from Tatoeba

  2. 你下个周末有什么安排？

    Nǐ xià ge zhōumò yǒu shénme ānpái?

    What have you got planned for next weekend?

    Sentence #10081635 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 周末我在超市打工。

    Zhōumò wǒ zài chāoshì dǎgōng.

    I work part-time at the supermarket on weekends.

    Sentence #2055680 from Tatoeba

How 周末 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 周 (zhōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
周zhōuto make a circuit
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 末 (mò) with each of its parts in a different colour
末mòtip
  • 一one · yī
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 周末

周 8 strokes · 末 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 周末

Words with 周

周zhōu · week周围zhōuwéi · environs周到zhōudào · thoughtful周年zhōunián · anniversary周期zhōuqī · cycle周边zhōubiān · surrounding周密zhōumì · thorough周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

Words with 末

粉末fěnmò · powder

More words: Time

一样yíyàng · the same一直yìzhí · always以前yǐqián · before终于zhōngyú · at last总是zǒngshì · always最后zuìhòu · last最近zuìjìn · recently本来běnlái · original

FAQs

周末 (zhōumò) means “weekend”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it zhōumò: zhōu with a 1st tone, then mò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 周末 is written 週末. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhoumo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 周末 from the suggestions. Typing zhoumo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
周末 is an HSK 3 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.