Alright, now it’s time to learn some vocabulary related to date and time. This lesson will teach you how the days of the week, months, seasons and times of day are called in Chinese.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Chinese (Mandarin)“.

Date & time in Chinese

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Days of the week

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
Monday星期一xīng qī yī
Tuesday星期二xīng qī èr
Wednesday星期三xīng qī sān
Thursday星期四xīng qī sì
Friday星期五xīng qī wǔ
Saturday星期六xīng qī liù
Sunday星期天xīng qī tiān
Weekend周末zhōu mò
on Monday在星期一zài xīng qī yī
on Tuesday在星期二zài xīng qī èr
on Wednesday在星期三zài xīng qī sān
on Thursday在星期四zài xīng qī sì
on Friday在星期五zài xīng qī wǔ
on Saturday在星期六zài xīng qī liù
on Sunday在星期天zài xīng qī tiān
at the weekend在周末zài zhōu mò
on Mondays每周一měi zhōu yī
on Tuesdays每周二měi zhōu èr
on Wednesdays每周三měi zhōu sān
on Thursdays每周四měi zhōu sì
on Fridays每周五měi zhōu wǔ
on Saturdays每周六měi zhōu liù
on Sundays每周日měi zhōu rì
at Weekends每个周末měi zhōu mò

Months

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
January一月yī yuè
February二月èr yuè
March三月sān yuè
April四月sì yuè
May五月wǔ yuè
June六月liù yuè
July七月qī yuè
August八月bā yuè
September九月jiǔ yuè
October十月shí yuè
November十一月shí yī yuè
December十二月shí èr yuè

Seasons

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
Spring春季chūn jì
Summer夏季xià jì
Autumn / Fall秋季qiū jì
Winter冬季dōng jì

Times of Day

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
morning上午shàng wǔ
forenoon午前wǔ qián
noon正午zhèng wǔ
afternoon下午xià wǔ
evening晚上wǎn shàng
night夜间yè jiān
midnight午夜wǔ yè

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