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TOPIC 5: DATES & TIMES

After understanding numbers in Mandarin, do you know what date is it today?

5.1 What date is it today?

年 月 日 / 号

In Chinese they start with the biggest unit and work backwards to the smallest so the
5th of February 2013 in Chinese would be 2013年 2月 5 日 or 二零一三年二月五日

Nián
年 (year)

Yuè
月 (months)

Xīngqí

星 期 （week）

Rì
日 (day)

Hào

号 (day ; number)

Rìqí

日 期 (date)

Zuótiān

昨 天 (yesterday)

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