中文 年 月 日 星期用法

1）The way of expressing a year is “number” + “year”
一九八九年（1989年）        二零零七年（2007年）
yī jiǔ bā jiǔ nián                        èr líng líng qī nián

2）The twelve months are expressed as “number(1--12)” + “month”

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一月yīyuè

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二月èryuè

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三月sānyuè

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四月sìyuè

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五月wǔyuè

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六月liùyuè

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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七月qīyuè

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八月bāyuè

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九月jiǔyuè

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十月shíyuè

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十一月shíyīyuè

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十二月shí’èryuè

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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3）A date is indicated in the same way as a month: “number (1--31)” + “date”
(“ ri ” is used in written form and “hào” is more colloquial.)
 E.g.: 七日，十五号

4) Weekdays are indicated by putting “星期” before each of the number’s from “one”
to “six”:  “week” + “number”.  The seventh day is written as “星期日/天”.

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星期一

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星期二

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星期三

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星期四

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星期五

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星期六

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星期日

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

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Sunday

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5) The date is: year-month-day
E.g.: 1989年8月27日 (August 27, 1989)

Conversation 1 : What day is today?
jīn tiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào ？
今  天   几 月  几 号  ？
- What day is today?
jīn tiān 5 yuè 23 hào
今  天  5 月 23 号 
- It's May the 23rd.
míng tiān xīng qī jǐ ？
明   天   星   期 几 ？
- What day of the week is tomorrow?
míng tiān xīng qī liù 。
明   天   星   期 六  。
- It's Saturday.
New Words:
今天jīntiān(n)today
几jǐ(pro)how many
月yuè(n)month, moon
号hào(n)number, date 5月5 yuè(n)May
明天míngtiān(n)tomorrow
星期xīngqī(n)week
星期六xīngqīliù(n)Saturday

Conversation 2 : What day of the week?
5 yuè 25 hào shì xīng qī jǐ ？
5 月  25 号  是  星   期 几 ？
- What day of the week is the 25th of May?
5 yuè 25 hào shì xīng qī tiān 。
5月 25  号  是  星   期 天   。
- The 25th of May is a Sunday.
zhè ge yuè  hào shì xīng qī jǐ ？
这  个 月   号  是  星   期 几 ？
- What day of the week is the 8th of this month?
zhè ge yuè 8  hào shì xīng qī sì 。
这  个 月  8 号  是  星   期 四 。
- the 8th of this month is a Thursday.
xià gè xīng qī sān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào ？
下  个 星   期 三  是  几 月  几 号  ？
- What's the date of next Wednesday?
xià gè xīng qī sān shì 5 yuè 28 hào 。
下  个 星   期 三  是 5  月 28  号  。
- Next Wednesday is May 8th.
New Words:
星期天    xīngqītiān    (n)    Sunday
星期三    xīngqīsān    (n)    Wednesday
这个月    Zhè gè yùe        this month
下个星期    Xià gè xīngqī        next week

Conversation 3 : In which year are we?
jīn nián shì bu shì 2005 nián ？
今  年   是  不 是 2005  年   ？
- Are we in 2005? 
jīn nián bú shì 2005 nián ，
今  年   不 是 2005  年   ，
- We aren't in 2005 
jīn nián shì 2006 nián ， qù nián shì 2005 nián 。
今  年   是 2006  年   ， 去 年   是 2005  年   。
we are in 2006 , last year was 2005.
New Words:
年nián(n)Year
今年jīnnián(n)this year
去年qùnián(n)last year
明年míngnián(n)next year