The Chinese Times

We just learned how to say year, month, week and days in Chinese language. One of the readers asked how to write dates in Chinese language. As promised here it is:

(year) 年 (month) 月 (date) 日

So today’s date would be

2012 年 5月 14 日 (2012 nián 5 yuè 14 rì)

And December 31, 2012 would be

2012 年 12月 31 日 (2012 nián 12 yuè 31 rì)

Next we will learn how to say time in Chinese language. Here’s some useful vocabulary first:

点 (diǎn): hour

分 (fēn): minute

刻 (kè): quarter

半 (bàn): half

And some examples:

3:00 – 三点 (sān diǎn)

4:15 – 四点一刻 (sì diǎn yī kè)

5:30 – 五点半 (wǔ diǎn bàn)

6:45 – 六点三刻 (liù diǎn sān kè)

7:14 – 七点十四分 (qī diǎn shísì fēn)

8:41 – 八点四十一分 (bā diǎn sìshíyī fēn)