Lesson14: Month and Day

Name of months in Chinese is easy. If I may say, it is REALLY EASY. Simply put the order of the month and followed by 月 (yue | ㄩㄝˋ) means month.

January = 一月 (yi yue | 一 ㄩㄝˋ)

February = 二月 (er yue | ㄦˋ ㄩㄝˋ)

March = 三月 (san yue | ㄙㄢ ㄩㄝˋ)

April = 四月 (si yue | ㄙˋ ㄩㄝˋ)

May = 五月 (wu yue | ㄨˇ ㄩㄝˋ)

June = 六月 (liu yue | ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄩㄝˋ)

July = 七月 (qi yue | ㄑㄧ ㄩㄝˋ)

August = 八月 (ba yue | ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋ)

September = 九月 (jiu yue | ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄝˋ)

October = 十月 (shi yue | ㄕˊ ㄩㄝˋ)

November = 十一月 (shiyi yue | ㄕˊ 一 ㄩㄝˋ)

December = 十 二月 (shier yue | ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄩㄝˋ)

While naming the day within a week is another EASY. Starts with 星期 (xing qi | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ) OR 禮拜 (li bai | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ) which both mean "week" and followed by the order of the day.

Monday = 星期一 (xing qi yi | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ 一) OR 禮拜一 (li bai yi | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ 一)

Tuesday = 星期二 (xing qi er | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄦˋ) OR 禮拜二 (li bai er | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄦˋ)

Wednesday = 星期三 (xing qi san | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙㄢ) OR 禮拜三 (li bai san | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄙㄢ)

Thursday = 星期四 (xing qi si | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙˋ) OR 禮拜四 (li bai si | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄙˋ)

Friday = 星期五 (xing qi wu | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨˇ) OR 禮拜五 (li bai wu | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄨˇ)

Saturday = 星期六 (xing qi liu | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ) OR 禮拜六 (li bai liu | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄡˋ)

Sunday =

01. 星期日 (xing qi ri | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄖˋ) OR 禮拜日 (li bai ri | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄖˋ)

02. 星期天 (xing qi tian | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄢ) OR 禮拜天 (li bai tian | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢ)

Note. Sunday is NOT 星期七 (xing qi qi | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧ) OR 禮拜七 (li bai qi | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄑㄧ)

weekend = 周末 (zhou mo | ㄓㄡ ㄇㄛˋ)

weekday = 平日 (ping ri | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ)

holiday = 假日 (jia ri | ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄖˋ)