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 24 of the 72 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
会议的 日 期改了。
Huìyì de rìqī gǎi le.
The date of the meeting has changed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 日期
他负责 日 常事务。
Tā fùzé rìcháng shìwù.
He is in charge of day-to-day affairs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 事务
母亲的生 日 快到了。
Mǔqin de shēngrì kuài dào le.
My mother's birthday is coming up.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 母亲
我每天晚上写 日 记。
Wǒ měi tiān wǎnshang xiě rìjì.
I write in my diary every evening.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 日记
三月八 日 是妇女节。
Sān yuè bā rì shì Fùnǚ Jié.
The eighth of March is Women's Day.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 妇女
我怀念大学的 日 子。
Wǒ huáiniàn dàxué de rìzi.
I look back fondly on my university days.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 怀念
这是 日 常用的东西。
Zhè shì rìcháng yòng de dōngxi.
These are everyday items.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 日常
明天的 日 程排满了。
Míngtiān de rìchéng pái mǎn le.
Tomorrow's schedule is full.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 日程
墙上挂着一本 日 历。
Qiáng shàng guà zhe yì běn rìlì.
A calendar hangs on the wall.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 日历
请填上今天的 日 期。
Qǐng tián shàng jīntiān de rìqī.
Please fill in today's date.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 日期
Reading these is one thing; producing 日 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
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
日 appears in 72 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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 72 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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