{"id":5266,"date":"2015-05-24T08:13:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T08:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=5266"},"modified":"2019-07-21T16:26:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:26:15","slug":"how-to-express-dates-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/how-to-express-dates-in-chinese","title":{"rendered":"How to Express Dates in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=index-1826.html width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs color=&#8221;blue&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Notes&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1466765207314-957f075d-6d35&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<p><strong>\u4e00\u6708\u4e00\u53f7<\/strong><strong>\/<\/strong><strong>\u65e5<\/strong><strong>(y\u012b yu\u00e8 y\u012b h\u00e0o\/r\u00ec):<\/strong> January 1st.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u51e0\u6708\u51e0\u53f7<\/strong><strong>\/<\/strong><strong>\u65e5<\/strong><strong>? (j\u01d0 yu\u00e8 j\u01d0 h\u00e0o\/r\u00ec?):<\/strong> What\u2019s the date?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u53bb\u897f\u5b89<\/strong><strong> (q\u00f9 X\u012b\u2019\u0101n):<\/strong> to go to Xi\u2019an.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6765\u4e0a\u6d77<\/strong> <strong>(l\u00e1i Sh\u00e0ngh\u01cei):<\/strong> to come to Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56de\u6cd5\u56fd<\/strong> <strong>(hu\u00ed F\u01cegu\u00f3):<\/strong> to return to France.<\/p>\n<p>(Besides, you can also check the video summary as well as more HSK1 related grammar tutorial videos at <a href=index-1827.html>here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Expanded Knowledge&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1466765207383-ec5d35a4-ffd8&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<p><strong>The numbers from 10~99 in Chinese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Number 10 in Chinese, we say \u201csh\u00ed\u201d, 20 includes two tens, so we say \u201c\u00e8rsh\u00ed\u201d, 30 has three tens, we say \u201cs\u0101nsh\u00ed\u201d, and so on, 40 (s\u00ecsh\u00ed), 50 (w\u01d4sh\u00ed), 60 (li\u00f9sh\u00ed), 70 (q\u012bsh\u00ed), 80 (b\u0101sh\u00ed), 90 (ji\u01d4sh\u00ed).<\/p>\n<p>Number 11 is equal to 10 plus 1, so when you read it, you can follow this way, read 10 (sh\u00ed) first, and then 1 (y\u012b), so in Chinese we say \u201csh\u00edy\u012b\u201d; 23 is equal to 20 plus 3, so read 20 (\u00e8rsh\u00ed) first, and read 3 (s\u0101n), so 23 is \u201c\u00e8rsh\u00eds\u0101n\u201d. You can use the same way to read the rest, e.g, 19 (sh\u00edji\u01d4), 33 (s\u0101nsh\u00eds\u0101n), 47 (s\u00ecsh\u00edq\u012b), 56 (w\u01d4sh\u00edli\u00f9), 68 (li\u00f9sh\u00edb\u0101), 72(q\u012bsh\u00ed\u2019\u00e8r), 85 (b\u0101sh\u00edw\u01d4), 99 (ji\u01d4sh\u00edji\u01d4).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 12 months in Chinese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talking about the 12 months of the year, Chinese is much easier, we just use the numbers 1 to 12 plus the word \u201cyu\u00e8\u201d to say them, \u201cyu\u00e8\u201d means \u201cmonth\u201d, so January (y\u012byu\u00e8), February (\u00e8ryu\u00e8), March (s\u0101nyu\u00e8), April (s\u00ecyu\u00e8), May (w\u01d4yu\u00e8), June (li\u00f9yu\u00e8), July (q\u012byu\u00e8), August (b\u0101yu\u00e8), September (ji\u01d4yu\u00e8), October (sh\u00edyu\u00e8), November (sh\u00edy\u012byu\u00e8), December (sh\u00ed\u2019\u00e8ryu\u00e8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The dates in Chinese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The names of the dates are made by combining the numbers 1 to 31 with \u201ch\u00e0o\u201d (spoken form) or \u201cr\u00ec\u201d (written form). 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(N\u01d0 sh\u00ec n\u01ce gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n?) , literally means \u201cyou are which country person?\u201d. \u4f60\u8981\u54ea\u672c\u4e66? (N\u01d0 y\u00e0o n\u01ce b\u011bn sh\u016b?), which means, \u201cWhich book do you want?\u201d But for some special situations, e.g, asking about the date, we use \u51e0 (j\u01d0) instead of \u54ea (n\u01ce), e.g, \u4f60\u4eec\u6708\u51e0\u53f7\u53bb\u897f\u5b89? (N\u01d0men j\u01d0 yu\u00e8 j\u01d0 h\u00e0o q\u00f9 Xi\u2019an?), the literal translation is \u201cYou which month which day go Xi\u2019an\u201d, actually \u51e0\u6708\u51e0\u53f7 (j\u01d0 yu\u00e8 j\u01d0 h\u00e0o) is used to ask about the date, so the real meaning of this sentence is \u201cWhat\u2019s the date do you go to Xi\u2019an?\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; [vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs color=&#8221;blue&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Notes&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1466765207314-957f075d-6d35&#8243;][vc_column_text] \u4e00\u6708\u4e00\u53f7\/\u65e5(y\u012b yu\u00e8 y\u012b h\u00e0o\/r\u00ec): January 1st. \u51e0\u6708\u51e0\u53f7\/\u65e5? 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