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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

礼拜

lǐbài

to attend a religious service

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to attend a religious service

02

(coll.) week

03

(coll.) Sunday

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 礼拜 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 礼拜 appears in 27 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我这礼拜一直很忙。wǒ zhè lǐ bài yì zhí hěn máng。

I have been busy this week.

我两个礼拜就会回来。wǒ liǎng gè lǐ bài jiù huì huí lái。

I will be back in two weeks' time.

他一个礼拜打网球三次。tā yí gè lǐ bài dǎ wǎng qiú sān cì。

He plays tennis three times a week.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 礼拜.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 礼拜.

Directly before

  • 一个礼拜6
  • 三个礼拜4
  • 下个礼拜3
  • 个礼拜2
  • 几个礼拜2

Directly after

  • 礼拜前2
  • 礼拜都2
  • 礼拜销量1
  • 礼拜除了1
  • 礼拜就是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 礼拜

What does 礼拜 mean in Chinese?

礼拜 (lǐbài) means to attend a religious service.

How do you pronounce 礼拜?

礼拜 is pronounced lǐbài.

Is 礼拜 an HSK word?

礼拜 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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