Additional Vocabulary
天⽓
tiān qì
weather
天⽓预报
tiān qì yù bào
weather forecast
好天⽓
hǎo tiān qì
good weather
坏天⽓
huài tiān qì
bad weather
天⽓晴朗
tiān qì qíng lǎng
sunny weather
空⽓污染
kōng qì wū rǎn
air pollution
飓⻛
jù fēng
hurricane
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谈时间
Tán shí jiān
Telling time
Additional Vocabulary
时间
shí jiān
time
早上
zǎo shàng
early morning
上午
shàng wǔ
in the morning; a.m.
中午
zhōng wǔ
noon
下午
xià wǔ
in the afternoon; p.m.
午夜
wǔ yè
midnight
准时
zhǔn shí
punctual
早
zǎo
early
迟
chí
late
点
diǎn
o’clock
之后
zhī hòu
later
之前
zhī qián
before
之间
zhī jiān
between; among
⼀段时间
yí duàn shí jiān
a brief moment
刚才
gāng cái
a moment ago
过去
guò qù
(in the) past
经常
jīng cháng
frequently
⼀会⼉
yí huì er
in a moment
突然
tū rán
sudden
终于
zhōng yú
finally
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年和⽇期
Nián hé rì qī
Years and dates
How to express years, months and dates in Chinese: In
Chinese, one reads the digits of the year followed by 年 nián
(which means “year”).
2017 is ⼆零⼀七年 èr líng yī qī nián
2000 is ⼆零零零年 èr líng líng líng nián
1994 is ⼀九九四年 yī jiǔ jiǔ sì nián
2013 is ⼆零⼀三年 èr líng yī sān nián
The 12 months of the year in Chinese are: 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
Dates are expressed as the date plus 号 hào (which means
“date”). For example:
February 5 ⼆⽉五号 èr yuè wǔ hào
March 31 三⽉三⼗⼀号 sān yuè sān shí yī hào
April 1 四⽉⼀号 sì yuè yī hào
July 4 七⽉四号 qī yuè sì hào
December 25 ⼗⼆⽉⼆⼗五号 shí èr yuè èr shí wǔ hào
Additional Vocabulary
去年
qù nián
last year
前年
qián nián
the year before
今年
jīn nián
this year
明年
míng nián
next year
后年
hòu nián
the year after next
星期
xīng qī
week
岁
suì
years (of age)
闰年
rùn nián
leap year
号
hào
day of a month
⼗年
shí nián
decade (10 years)
世纪
shì jì
century (100 years)
千年
qiān nián
millennium (1000 years)
上个星期
shàng gè xīng qī
last week
上个⽉
shàng gè yuè
last month
下个星期
xià gè xīng qī
next week
下个⽉
xià gè yuè
next month
⽇记
rì jì
diary
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⼀年的四季
Yì nián de sì jì
The seasons of the year