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A1 · Grammar reference

Structure of dates

Dates in Chinese follow the order "year, month, day." This is in keeping with the "from big to small" trend which pervades many facets of Chinese culture.

Structure

x 年 + y 月 + z 日

x 年 + y 月 + z 号

Keywords
年 · 月 · 号 · 日
Used for
Expressing time and date
Classification
Numbers · HSK1

Examples (10)

1868年1月18号

1910年8月9号

2001年7月20日

1月1日是新年。

12月24日是平安夜。

10月1号我们去上海。

我1990年7月出生。

你的生日是11月11号吗?

我2006年4月17号认识了他。

1980年9月4号我们结婚了。

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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.

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