Months of Year in Mandarin Chinese

"Month" in Mandarin is called 月, yuè. Like days of the week in Chinese, the 12 months of the year are also numbered in a sequent order. So, if you have mastered Chinese numbers, it will be much easier for you to read Chinese calendar.

12 Months in Chinese

Months of Year in Chinese

How to Read Chinese Calendar

First, we need to learn these Chinese characters in order to read Chinese calendar.

In Chinese, 日（rì）and 号（hào）have the same meaning, but 号 is more often used in spoken Chinese.

To ask what the date it is, the sentence follows this pattern:

jīntiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào？

今天是几月几号？

or

jīntiān shì duō shǎo hào？

今天是多少号？

To answer what date it is, the sentence follows this pattern:

jīntiān shì ...

今天是 (…年…月…号)。

NOTE

e.g.

2015

2015

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