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title: "Xingqi Meaning: 星期 (week) or 兴起 (to rise)?"
description: "星期 (xīngqī) means “week”. Not the xingqi you heard? See 兴起. Hear its tones, see what 星 and 期 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/xingqi"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 星期 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

星期 xīngqī

## week

## It can also mean

- day of the week (as in 星期一)

## Its characters

1. 星 xīng star
2. 期 qī period

## In a sentence

我下个星期去北京。 I'm going to Beijing next week.

用中文说**星期**几，一点儿也不难。

From [星期一到星期天 · Days of the week in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/days-of-the-week-in-chinese#library-word-4-6)

[More about 星期](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%98%9F%E6%9C%9F)

## Other words said xingqi

- [兴起xīngqǐto rise](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%85%B4%E8%B5%B7)

## More words with 星 or 期

- [长期 chángqī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/changqi)
- [长期以来 chángqī-yǐlái](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/changqiyilai)
- [初期 chūqī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuqi)
- [到期 dàoqī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daoqi)
- [定期 dìngqī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dingqi)
- [短期 duǎnqī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/duanqi)
- [恒星 héngxīng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hengxing)
- [后期 hòuqī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/houqi)
- [假期 jiàqī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiaqi)
- [近期 jìnqī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jinqi)

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