日
rì
Pinyin

Definition

日
 - 
rì
  1. sun
  2. day
  3. date, day of the month
日
 - 
Rì
  1. abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan

Character Decomposition

Compounds (38)

是
shì
  1. 1 is
  2. 2 are
  3. 3 am
  4. 4 yes
  5. 5 to be
是
shì
  1. 1 variant: 是 shì
  2. 2 (used in given names)
时
shí
  1. 1 old variant of 時|时[shí]
时
Shí
  1. 1 surname Shi
时
shí
  1. 1 o'clock
  2. 2 time
  3. 3 when
  4. 4 hour
  5. 5 season
  6. 6 period

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
日
Rì
  1. 1 abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress

Sample Sentences

嗯…第五条这里，交货日期可以提早一点吗？
en …dì wǔ tiáo zhèlǐ ，jiāohuò rìqī kěyǐ tízǎo yìdiǎn ma ？
Emm...about Article five, could you make the product delivery date slightly earlier?
Go to Lesson 
生日
shēngrì
Birthday
Go to Lesson 
生日快乐！
shēngrìkuàilè ！
Happy birthday!
Go to Lesson 
你什么时候生日？
nǐ shénme shíhou shēngrì ？
When is your birthday?
Go to Lesson 
要不这样，择日不如撞日，我们今晚吃顿饭吧，我现在就去接您。
yàobù zhèyàng ，zérìbùrúzhuàngrì ，wǒmen jīnwǎn chī dùn fàn ba ，wǒ xiànzài jiù qù jiē nín 。
What about this? There's no better day than today, let's have dinner this evening. I'll go pick you up right now.
Go to Lesson 
日
rì
day
Go to Lesson 
周日
zhōu rì
Sunday
Go to Lesson 
十八日
shíbā rì
eighteenth
Go to Lesson 
二十七日
èrshíqī rì
twenty-seventh
Go to Lesson 
两小无猜日夜相随
liǎngxiǎowúcāi rìyè xiāng suí
so young and innocent together everyday.
Go to Lesson