{"id":7687,"date":"2023-05-18T12:15:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T04:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2026-09-26T07:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:09:48","slug":"dates-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/dates-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Dates in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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!important;height:160px !important;}\n.odc-article .month-grid{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr) !important;gap:10px !important;}\n.odc-article .day-img{width:36% !important;}\n.odc-article .day-row{gap:12px !important;}\n.odc-article .quiz-opts{gap:6px !important;justify-content:center !important;}\n.odc-article .quiz-opt{padding:8px 10px !important;font-size:15px !important;flex:1 1 40% !important;text-align:center !important;}\n}\n@keyframes odcFadeIn{from{opacity:0;transform:translateY(10px);}to{opacity:1;transform:translateY(0);}}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"topbar\">\n  <div class=\"brandmark\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span> OneDotDot Chinese<\/div>\n  <div>Grammar \u00b7 HSK 1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<header class=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"hero-inner\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">Grammar Point \u00b7 <span>HSK 1<\/span><\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"hero-title\"><span class=\"cjk\">Dates in Chinese \u2014<\/span><span class=\"accent\">\u5e74 ni\u00e1n, \u6708 yu\u00e8, \u65e5 r\u00ec \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u865f h\u00e0o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u53f7 h\u00e0o<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n    <p class=\"hero-sub\">Chinese dates run from big to small \u2014 year, month, then day. Once you know the order, every date is just numbers plus three little words.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main>\n  <div class=\"lede-row\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lede-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dates-in-Chinese.png\" alt=\"Dates in Chinese\">\n    <p class=\"lede\">In Mandarin Chinese, dates are expressed in the order of year, month, and day, from big to small. This is the opposite order to how dates are expressed in English.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1Year_%E2%80%94_%E5%B9%B4_nian\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">1<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Year \u2014 \u5e74 ni\u00e1n<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>In Mandarin Chinese, years are typically read as a series of individual digits. However, when referring to a period of years (a length of time), we read out the whole number.<\/p>\n  <h3>Calendar years \u2014 read digit by digit<\/h3>\n  <div class=\"ex-list\">\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">1995<\/span><rt>y\u012b ji\u01d4 ji\u01d4 w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">The year 1995<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">2025<\/span><rt>\u00e8r l\u00edng \u00e8r w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">The year 2025<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">1008<\/span><rt>y\u012b l\u00edng l\u00edng b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">The year 1008<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">2000<\/span><rt>li\u01cengqi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">The year 2000 (this is a special case \u2014 people usually say it as a whole number)<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <h3>A period of years \u2014 read as a whole number<\/h3>\n  <div class=\"ex-list\">\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">25<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">25 years<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">10<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">10 years<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">Culture Note: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c11\u570b m\u00edngu\u00f3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6c11\u56fd m\u00edngu\u00f3<\/span> Years<\/div>\n    <p>Taiwan uses our own year system called <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c11\u570b m\u00edngu\u00f3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6c11\u56fd m\u00edngu\u00f3<\/span>, which is based on the founding of the Republic of China in 1912. The ROC was initially based in mainland China, but in 1949, following the Chinese Civil War, the government retreated to Taiwan, where it remains to this day.<\/p>\n    <p>In the <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c11\u570b m\u00edngu\u00f3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6c11\u56fd m\u00edngu\u00f3<\/span> calendar, the first year is 1912, the year the Republic of China was founded. So, for example, the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar is <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6c11\u570b m\u00edngu\u00f3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6c11\u56fd m\u00edngu\u00f3<\/span> 112 \u2014 just subtract 1911.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2Month_%E2%80%94_%E6%9C%88_yue\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">2<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Month \u2014 \u6708 yu\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>In Mandarin Chinese, months are simply named after the numbers one to twelve, followed by the character \u6708 yu\u00e8 to show that it is a month.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"month-grid\">\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month01_january.png\" alt=\"\u4e00\u6708 y\u012byu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6708<\/span><rt>y\u012byu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month02_february.png\" alt=\"\u4e8c\u6708 \u00e8ryu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c\u6708<\/span><rt>\u00e8ryu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month03_march.png\" alt=\"\u4e09\u6708 s\u0101nyu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u6708<\/span><rt>s\u0101nyu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month04_april.png\" alt=\"\u56db\u6708 s\u00ecyu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u56db\u6708<\/span><rt>s\u00ecyu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month05_may.png\" alt=\"\u4e94\u6708 w\u01d4yu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94\u6708<\/span><rt>w\u01d4yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month06_june.png\" alt=\"\u516d\u6708 li\u00f9yu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u516d\u6708<\/span><rt>li\u00f9yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month07_july.png\" alt=\"\u4e03\u6708 q\u012byu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e03\u6708<\/span><rt>q\u012byu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month08_august.png\" alt=\"\u516b\u6708 b\u0101yu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u516b\u6708<\/span><rt>b\u0101yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month09_september.png\" alt=\"\u4e5d\u6708 ji\u01d4yu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e5d\u6708<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month10_october.png\" alt=\"\u5341\u6708 sh\u00edyu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u6708<\/span><rt>sh\u00edyu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month11_november.png\" alt=\"\u5341\u4e00\u6708 sh\u00edy\u012byu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00\u6708<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012byu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"month-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/month12_december.png\" alt=\"\u5341\u4e8c\u6708 sh\u00ed'\u00e8ryu\u00e8\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c\u6708<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8ryu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">Culture Note: The Lunar Calendar \u2014 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8fb2\u66c6 n\u00f3ngl\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u519c\u5386 n\u00f3ngl\u00ec<\/span><\/div>\n    <p>Did you know that there is also a traditional calendar called <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8fb2\u66c6 n\u00f3ngl\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u519c\u5386 n\u00f3ngl\u00ec<\/span> that&#8217;s based on the cycles of the moon? It&#8217;s different from the Gregorian calendar that most of us use. \ud83c\udf19<\/p>\n    <p>In the <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8fb2\u66c6 n\u00f3ngl\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u519c\u5386 n\u00f3ngl\u00ec<\/span> calendar, there are 12 or 13 lunar months in a year, and each month starts on the day of a new moon. Every lunar month has either 29 or 30 days, and a leap month is added every two or three years to keep it in line with the solar year.<\/p>\n    <p>Although most daily activities follow the Gregorian calendar, the <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8fb2\u66c6 n\u00f3ngl\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u519c\u5386 n\u00f3ngl\u00ec<\/span> calendar is still widely used for traditional festivals and holidays. The most famous one is Chinese New Year, which falls on the first day of the first lunar month. \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3Day_%E2%80%94_%E6%97%A5_ri_%E8%99%9F_hao%E5%8F%B7_hao\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">3<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Day \u2014 \u65e5 r\u00ec \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u865f h\u00e0o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u53f7 h\u00e0o<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Days of the month are expressed by saying the number first, followed by \u65e5 r\u00ec in written language or <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u865f h\u00e0o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u53f7 h\u00e0o<\/span> in spoken language.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex-list\">\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">25<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">25<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">the 25th<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">18<\/span><rt>sh\u00edb\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5<\/span><rt>r\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">the 18th<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">31<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00edy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">31<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00edy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">the 31st<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5<\/span><rt>r\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">the 2nd<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-4\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4Putting_It_Together\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">4<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Putting It Together<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Dates are arranged from the largest unit to the smallest: year, month, day.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"struct\">Year + \u5e74 ni\u00e1n + Month + \u6708 yu\u00e8 + Day + \u65e5 r\u00ec \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u865f h\u00e0o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u53f7 h\u00e0o<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex-list\">\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">1876<\/span><rt>y\u012b b\u0101 q\u012b li\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">10<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">4<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5<\/span><rt>r\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">October 4th, 1876<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2023<\/span><rt>\u00e8r l\u00edng \u00e8r s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">5<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">15<\/span><rt>sh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5<\/span><rt>r\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">Today is May 15th, 2023.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">4<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">25<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">4<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">25<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">My birthday is April 25th. \ud83c\udf82<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">12<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">31<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00edy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7f8e\u570b<\/span><rt>M\u011bigu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">12<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">31<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00edy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7f8e\u56fd<\/span><rt>M\u011bigu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">He leaves for the United States on December 31st.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">5<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Common Mistakes<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Don&#8217;t read a calendar year in two-digit chunks the way English does.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"mrow wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">1853<\/span><rt>sh\u00edb\u0101 w\u01d4sh\u00eds\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mrow right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">1853<\/span><rt>y\u012b b\u0101 w\u01d4 s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">English says &#8220;eighteen fifty-three,&#8221; but Chinese never splits a year into two numbers. 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Taiwan&#8217;s National Day, including the year?<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">1911<\/span><rt>y\u012b ji\u01d4 y\u012b y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">10<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">10<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5<\/span><rt>r\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">03<\/span>When is your birthday?<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><span class=\"note\">How could I possibly know the answer? \ud83d\ude04 Try it with your own date:<\/span><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff3f<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff3f<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff3f<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff3f<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">04<\/span>This year is 2026.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5e74<\/span><rt>j\u012bnni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2026<\/span><rt>\u00e8r l\u00edng \u00e8r li\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">05<\/span>Today is October 1st.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">10<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">1<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span 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