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=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
  
* [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1]] (pp. 73 - 74) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276385/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276385 →buy]
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* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 1 (新实用汉语课本1)]] (pp. 122 - 123) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561910401/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561910401 →buy]
 
* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 1 (新实用汉语课本1)]] (pp. 122 - 123) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561910401/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561910401 →buy]
 
* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 1 (新实用汉语课本1)(2nd ed)]] (pp. 141 - 142) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561926235/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=7561926235 →buy]
 
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[[Category:A1 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:A1 grammar points]]

Revision as of 03:02, 5 January 2012

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. 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

See also

Sources and further reading

Books