Structure of dates

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Dates in Chinese follow the order "year, month, day."

Structure

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

x 年 y 月 z 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.

Examples

  • 1940年11月27日November 27th,1940
  • 1973年7月20日July 20th, 1973
  • 1868年1月18号January 18th, 1868
  • 1910年8月9号August 9th, 1910

See also

Sources and further reading

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