How to Say ‘A week’ in Traditional Chinese
一個禮拜
yī gè lǐ bài
[ee guh lǐbài]
💬 Usage Tip: 禮拜 is the everyday Taiwanese word for "week", more common in speech than 星期.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: In this conversation it frames remote work as days per week, a common way Taiwanese employers discuss hybrid schedules.
Phrase Breakdown
一
yī
[ee]
one; a
A number word that helps form the phrase for category.
你想找哪一類工作？
What kind of job do you want to look for?
個
gè
[guh]
measure word; individual
A common classifier used for people or many general nouns.
每個人對文化都有不同看法。
Each person has a different view of culture.
禮拜
lǐ bài
[lǐbài]
week
Colloquial word for week, common in Taiwan.
下禮拜我要出國。
I'm going abroad next week.
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