禮拜幾

Chinese

		service; prayer; salat service; prayer; salat; week	how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost
trad. (禮拜幾)		禮拜	幾
simp. (礼拜几)		礼拜	几

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐbàijǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁵ baai³ gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐbàijǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐbàijǐ
    • Wade–Giles: li³-pai⁴-chi³
    • Yale: lǐ-bài-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liibayjii
    • Palladius: либайцзи (libajczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁵ baai³ gei²
    • Yale: láih baai géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁵ baai³ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁵ bai³ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯¹³ paːi̯³³ kei̯³⁵/

Pronoun

禮拜幾

1. which day of the week (question)
   • 1904, 《官話急就篇》, page 40:

     今兒禮拜幾　今兒禮拜三 [MSC, trad.]
     今儿礼拜几　今儿礼拜三 [MSC, simp.]

     Jīnr lǐbàijǐ, Jīnr lǐbàisān [Pinyin]

     Which day of the week is it today? Today is Wednesday.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 星期幾 (“which day of the week”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		星期幾, 週幾
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	星期幾, 禮拜幾
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	星期幾
Cantonese	Hong Kong	星期幾, 禮拜幾
	Dongguan	禮拜幾, 星期幾
Southern Min	Xiamen	拜幾
	Tainan	拜幾
	Manila (Hokkien)	拜幾
	Shantou	星期幾
Puxian Min	Putian	拜幾
	Xianyou	拜幾
Wu	Shanghai	星期幾