Structure of dates

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As with many things in Chinese, dates are arranged from largest unit to smallest: year, month, day.

x 年 x 月 x 日

So April 1st, 2013 is 2013年4月1日.

Note that 号 is commonly used in spoken Mandarin instead of 日: 2013年4月1号.

In written Chinese, however, you will see 日 rather than 号.

More examples:

  • 1940年11月27日
  • 1973年7月20日
  • 1868年1月18号
  • 1910年8月9号
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