Learn how to tell date in Chinese and say your birthday in Chinese. Be able to tell the year, month, and day in Chinese.
__nián__yuè__rì __年__月__日 __year__month__day
__nián__yuè__hào __年__月__号 __year__month__day
When telling date in Chinese, we say the year first, then the month, and then the day. Year, month and day in Chinese are nián 年, yuè 月, rì 日 / hào 号. So for "day", there are two ways to say it: 日 and 号. 日 is more of written language. For example, April 26 2017 can be written as the following in Chinese
jǐjǐ nián jǐ yuè jǐ rì 几几年几月几日 what year what month what day
jǐjǐ nián jǐ yuè jǐ hào 几几年几月几号 what year what month what day
Since dates are written with numbers, when asking about date in Chinese, we need to use the Question Word 几, which can be used to ask questions regarding uncertain numbers.
shēngrì 生日 birthday
生 means "to give birth" in Chinese. 日 means "day" in Chinese. "生日" together means birthday in Chinese. Example of asking and answer birthday in Chinese:
Q: nǐde shēngrì shì jǐjǐnián jǐyuè jǐrì
你的生日是几几年几月几日?
what date is your birthday
A: wǒde shēngrì shì yījiǔbāqīnián sìyuè 'èrshíliùrì
我的生日是一九八七年四月二十六日。
my birthday is 1987, April 26
Q: nǐde shēngrì shì jǐjǐnián jǐyuè jǐhào
你的生日是几几年几月几号?
what date is your birthday
A: wǒde shēngrì shì yījiǔbāqīnián sìyuè 'èrshíliùhào
我的生日是一九八七年四月二十六号。
my birthday is 1987, April 26
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