Definition
日 (rì) means both 'sun' and 'day/date (day of the month)'. As 'sun', it is more formal and appears in compound words like 日出 (sunrise); the everyday word for 'sun' is 太阳 (tàiyáng). As 'day/date', 日 is used in writing dates (e.g., 十月五日), while 天 (tiān) is the general word for a 24-hour day in everyday speech.
sundaydate (day of the month)
Easily confused
- 曰yuēlook-aliketo say (archaic/literary, used in classical texts and formal quotations)
Examples
- 日。Jīntiān de rì hěn dà.The sun is very strong sun is very strong today.
- 。Wǒ měi rì kàn shū.I read books every day.
- 。Wǒ de shēngrì shì shí yuè wǔ rì.My birthday is October 5th.
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