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Dates with 年, 月, 号 and 星期

Say and ask dates the Chinese way, from big to small: year 年, month 月, day 号 or 日, then weekday 星期.

Chinese date formatter

Choose a date to see it in Chinese characters and pinyin.

Gregorian dates, years 1000–9999. Say the year digit by digit, then the month and day as numbers. February uses 二 (èr), not 两 (liǎng).

Written date · 日 (rì)

二零二六年六月三日

èr líng èr liù nián liù yuè sān rì

Everyday speech · 号 (hào)

二零二六年六月三号

èr líng èr liù nián liù yuè sān hào

Pattern

number + 年 + number + 月 + number + 号/日 + 星期 + number/天

Chinese dates go from big to small: 2026年10月9号, 星期五.

今天是十月九号，星期五。

When to use Dates with 年, 月, 号 and 星期

A Chinese date goes from the biggest unit to the smallest: year 年, month 月, day 号, then weekday: 二〇二六年十月九号，星期五. Months are just number + 月 (一月 “January” to 十二月 “December”), and days are number + 号. Weekdays are 星期 + 一 to 六 for Monday to Saturday, and Sunday is 星期天 or 星期日.

我的生日是五月二十号。

My birthday is May 20.

我二〇二五年去过中国。

I went to China in 2025.

明天星期六，我们不上课。

Tomorrow is Saturday, so we don’t have class.

今天几月几号？

What’s the date today?

Common traps

  • Go from big to small: 十月九号, not 九号十月.
  • Sunday is 星期天 or 星期日, never 星期七.
  • Put the date before the verb: 我星期六去北京, not 我去北京星期六.

Targeted drill

Practice this exact pattern before moving on.

今天是三 五号

Today is March fifth
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