Learn Chinese for Free—Lesson 8
Today's Chinese characters:
年月日号星期
The other Chinese characters contained in this lesson have already been studied previously. You can just click on them and go back to the corresponding lesson.
What day is today? The target of this lesson is how to say dates and days of the week. Look how easy it is to learn them in Chinese...
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6.50%
Today with this lesson your knowledge of Chinese characters will reach 6.50% of all the Chinese language usage! |
Characters' Essentials
| - | Month |
| - | Moon |
| - | Day |
| - | Sun |
Description and Examples
How to write and read years Simply write the number followed by 年 and read every single figure. NOTE: Number zero (零) can also be written 〇. All the following examples are correct: 2000年 二零零零年 二〇〇〇年 The following example is wrong: 两〇〇〇年 ATTENTION: Cannot read 二千年, must read er4 líng líng líng 年, every single figure. |
How to write and read months Simply write the corresponding number (from 1 to 12) followed by 月 and read as normal. |
How to write and read days Simply write the number of the day followed by 日 or 号 and read as normal. 日 is mainly used in written Chinese, while 号 is preferred in spoken language. |
We're now able to write and read a complete date!
一九八七年八月八日
Sentence Structure 1 |
Order of time words in dates The order of time words in a date is year-month-day-day of the week. 年 月 日 星期 |
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