When you search the internet, date is translated into Chinese as 日期 [rì qī].
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If you want to say the dates like a Chinese native, you have to not only knowthe numbers in Chinese, but also be able to master the years, months, and days correctly.
Character
Pinyin
English
年
nián
year
月
yuè
month
日(formal Chinese)
rì
date
号(oral Chinese)
hào
date
How to say years in Chinese
year
When you say the years in Chinese, you should read out the number digit by digit, and then add the word 年 [nián] in the end. For example:
Character
Pinyin
English
2022年
èr líng èr èr nián
Two thousand and twenty two.
How to say months in Chinese
month
There are twelve months in a year. The formula of saying months in Chinese is: number + 月 [yuè].
Character
Pinyin
English
一月
yī yuè
January
二月
èr yuè
February
三月
sān yuè
March
四月
sì yuè
April
五月
wǔ yuè
May
六月
liù yuè
June
七月
qī yuè
July
八月
bā yuè
August
九月
jiǔ yuè
September
十月
shí yuè
October
十一月
shí yī yuè
November
十二月
shí èr yuè
December
How to say days in Chinese
day
Here’s how to say the 31 days of the month in Chinese. The formula of saying days in Chinese is: number + 日 [rì]. In spoken Chinese, 号 [hào] is often used instead of 日 [rì].
Character
Pinyin
English
1日(号)
yī rì (hào )
1st
2日(号)
èr rì (hào )
2nd
3日(号)
sān rì (hào )
3rd
4日(号)
sì rì (hào )
4th
5日(号)
wǔ rì (hào )
5th
6日(号)
liù rì (hào )
6th
7日(号)
qī rì (hào )
7th
8日(号)
bā rì (hào )
8th
9日(号)
jiǔ rì (hào )
9th
10日(号)
shí rì (hào )
10th
11日(号)
shí yī rì (hào )
11st
12日(号)
shí èr rì (hào )
12nd
13日(号)
shí sān rì (hào )
13rd
14日(号)
shí sì rì (hào )
14th
15日(号)
shí wǔ rì (hào )
15th
16日(号)
shí liù rì (hào )
16th
17日(号)
shí qī rì (hào )
17th
18日(号)
shí bā rì (hào )
18th
19日(号)
shí jiǔ rì (hào )
19th
20日(号)
èr shí rì (hào )
20th
21日(号)
èr shí yī rì (hào )
21st
22日(号)
èr shí èr rì (hào )
22nd
23日(号)
èr shí sān rì (hào )
23rd
24日(号)
èr shí sì rì (hào )
24th
25日(号)
èr shí wǔ rì (hào )
25th
26日(号)
èr shí liù rì (hào )
26th
27日(号)
èr shí qī rì (hào )
27th
28日(号)
èr shí bā rì (hào )
28th
29日(号)
èr shí jiǔ rì (hào )
29th
30日(号)
sān shí rì (hào )
30th
31日(号)
sān shí yī rì (hào )
31st
How to say dates in Chinese
day-month-year
Now we know the years, months, and days in Chinese, then we use a simple formula to describe dates in Chinese, which is a little different from that in English: