日 rì in a sentence
Day (date - sun - Japan - day of the month)
日 (rì) means Day (date - sun - Japan - day of the month). Below are 19 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的生 日 是三月一 日 。
Tā de shēngrì shì sān yuè yī rì.
His birthday is the first of March.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 日
姐姐今天过生 日 。
Jiějie jīntiān guò shēngrì.
My older sister is celebrating her birthday today.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 姐姐
你的生 日 是几月几号？
Nǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
What date is your birthday?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 生日
这是给你的生 日 礼物。
Zhè shì gěi nǐ de shēngrì lǐwù.
This is a birthday present for you.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 礼物
今天是星期 日 ，我不上班。
Jīntiān shì xīngqīrì, wǒ bú shàngbān.
Today is Sunday, I'm not working.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 上班
春节是中国最重要的节 日 。
Chūnjié shì Zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de jiérì.
Spring Festival is China's most important holiday.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 节日
节 日 的时候，街道上人很多。
Jiérì de shíhou, jiēdào shàng rén hěn duō.
During the holidays the streets are crowded.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 节日
From the graded readers
我们想在山上看 日 出。
wǒmen xiǎng zài shānshàng kàn / kān rìchū.
We wanted to see the sunrise from the top.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
上个星期五是我们的结婚纪念 日 。
shànggexīngqī wǔ shì wǒmende jiéhūn jìniànrì.
Last Friday was our wedding anniversary.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
中秋节是中国最重要的节 日 之一。
zhōngqiūjié shì zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de / dì jiérì zhīyī.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of China's most important holidays.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
星期 日 我们都在家，一起吃饭，一起看电视。
xīngqīrì wǒmen dōu zàijiā, yìqǐ chīfàn, yìqǐ kàn / kān diànshì.
On Sundays we're all at home; we eat together and watch TV together.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
到了公司，同事们也没有跟我说纪念 日 快乐。
dàole gōngsī, tóngshì men yě méiyǒu gēn wǒ shuō jìniànrì kuàilè.
At the office, none of my colleagues said happy anniversary either.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
三十岁生 日 那天，我做了一个决定：我要重新开始学画画。
sānshí suì shēngrì nà / nèi tiān, wǒ zuòle yīgè juédìng: wǒ yāo chóngxīn kāishǐ xué huà huà.
On my thirtieth birthday I made a decision: I was going to start learning to paint again.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
照片背面写着一个 日 期和一个名字，可是那个名字她也想不起来了。
zhàopiàn bēi miàn xiězhe yīgè rìqī hé yīgè míngzi, kěshì nèigè míngzi tā yě xiǎng bù qǐlai le / liǎo / liào.
On the back was a date and a name, but even she couldn't place the name.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the grammar library
我的生 日 是二月二号。
Wǒ de shēngrì shì èr yuè èr hào.
My birthday is February 2nd.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
Words that contain 日
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 日
How is 日 used in a sentence?
This page shows 19 sentences using 日 (rì, "Day (date - sun - Japan - day of the month)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 日 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 日 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 日 an HSK word?
Yes — 日 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 日?
The dictionary page for 日 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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