本課漢字 Hanzi in this lesson
數字 (shù zì ) Numbers
一 | yī | 1 |
二 | èr | 2 |
三 | sān | 3 |
四 | sì | 4 |
五 | wǔ | 5 |
六 | liù | 6 |
七 | qī | 7 |
八 | bā | 8 |
九 | jiǔ | 9 |
十 | shí | 10 |
Chinese number is relatively easy.
There is no a specific word for the number above 10.
Just compose the number we’ve just learned.
•十一 (11)
•十二 (12)
•十三 (13)
•十四 (14)
•十五 (15)
•二十 (20)
•二十一 (21)
•三十三 (33)
•四十五 (45)
•五十六 (56)
•六十七 (67)
•七十八 (78)
•八十九 (89)
•九十一 (91)
練習liàn xí (Practice)
Say numbers in Chinese
91 27 11 15 16 19 23
89 54 42 33 73 65 1
你(今年)幾歲? (How old are you?)
你今年幾歲? (nǐ jīn nián jǐ suì)
How old are you?
我十五歲。 (wǒ shí wǔ suì)
I am 15 years-old.
他今年幾歲? (tā jīn nián jǐ suì)
How old is he?
他七十三歲。(tā qī shí sān suì )
He is 73 years-old
他們今年幾歲? (tā men jīn nián jǐ suì)
How old are they?
他們今年五十六歲。
(tā men jīn nián wǔ shí liù suì)
They are
今年是幾年? (jīn nián shì jǐ nián )
What year is it
今年是二零二一年
(jīn nián shì èr líng èr yī nián)
It’s 2021.
.
Months and weekdays
一月 | January |
二月 | February |
三月 | March |
四月 | April |
五月 | May |
六月 | June |
七月 | July |
八月 | August |
九月 | September |
十月 | October |
十一月 | November |
十二月 | December |
星期 (xīng qí) | week |
週 (zhōu) | week |
禮拜 (lǐ bài) | week |
星期日/週日/禮拜天 | Sunday |
星期一/週一/禮拜一 | Monday |
星期二/週二/禮拜二 | Tuesday |
星期三/週三/禮拜三 | Wednesday |
星期四/週四/禮拜四 | Thursday |
星期五/週五/禮拜五 | Friday |
星期六/週六/禮拜六 | Saturday |
週末 (zhōu mò) | Weekend |
日期(rì qí) | date |
日期 Dates
今天是星期幾? (jīn tiān shì xīng qí jǐ )
What day is today?
今天是星期一。 (jīn tiān shì xīng qí yī)
Today is Monday.
今天是週幾? (jīn tiān shì zhōu jǐ)
What day is today?
今天是週五。(jīn tiān shì zhōu wǔ)
Today is Friday
今天禮拜幾? (jīn tiān lǐ bài jǐ)
What day is it today?
今天禮拜三。(jīn tiān shì lǐ bài sān)
Today is Wednesday.
今天是幾號? (jīn tiān shì jǐ hào)
What is the date today?
今天是七月十三日
(jīn tiān shì qī yuè shí sān rì )
Today is July 13th
今天是幾月幾日?
(jīn tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ rì)
What is the date today?
今天是五月三十一日
(jīn tiān shì wǔ yuè sān shí yī rì )
Today is July 13th
是 can be omitted in these expressions.
現在幾點幾分?What time is it now?
現在幾點幾分? (xiàn zài jǐ diǎn jǐ fēn)
What time is it now?
現在八點十五分 (xiàn zài bā diǎn shí wǔ fēn )
It’s 8:15 現在幾點? (xiàn zài jǐ diǎn)
What time is it now?
現在十二點整 (xiàn zài shí èr diǎn zhěng )
It’s twelve o’clock.
現在十點半 (xiàn zài shí diǎn bàn)
It’s ten thirty.
現在幾時幾分? (xiàn zài jǐ shí jǐ fēn)
What time is it now?
三時四十五分 (sān shí sì shí wǔ fēn)
3:45
點 is colloquially preferred, 時 is mainly used in announcements.
xx:00 (o’clock) | 整 | zhěng |
xx:30 | 半 | bàn |
xx:xx (minute) | 分 | fēn |