C: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I'm Cam.
Y: Hi, everyone, I'm Yajie. Zhao shang hao. Last week we learned the numbers from 1 to 100. It's very useful for communicating and getting around China.This week we'll mainly focus on how to use the numbers in sentences. Let's check our key words of the day!
Key words of the day
Today we'll put the numbers into their usages. For example, "er ling ling san nian", the year 2003; "er ling ling wu nian", the year 2005. "yi yue", January;"er yu", February. "san yue" March. All in today's Chinese Studio.¡¡
Y: In Chinese, the four figures making up the year are read out as four individual numbers and "nian" is put at the end. For example, this year, ¨¨r l¨ªng l¨ªng w¨³ ni¨¢n, the year 2005.
C: ¨¨r l¨ªng l¨ªng w¨³ ni¨¢n.
Y: ¨¨r l¨ªng l¨ªng s¨¡n ni¨¢n, the year 2003.
C: ¨¨r l¨ªng l¨ªng s¨¡n ni¨¢n.Then how do you say the year 2000?
Y: It's li¨£ng qi¨¡n ni¨¢n.
C: li¨£ng qi¨¡n ni¨¢n.
Y: Or you can say ¨¨r l¨ªng l¨ªng ni¨¢n. What year were you born, Cam?
C:1979 yi jiu qi jiu nian.
Y: Very good! You were born in 1979.
Y:Now let's learn the months. Month in Chinese is "yu¨¨". Yi yue, er yue.?
C: Wait, wait.Slow down....So it's y¨© yu¨¨,¨¨r yu¨¨.Right?
Y: Yes. Exactly.Well, let me explain a little bit more. The name of the months are produced by combining the numbers 1 to 12 with "yue".
C: Ok. So March is s¨¡n yu¨¨, and April is s¨¬ yu¨¨.
Y: You are right.
C: In which month do you think Beijing is most beautiful?
Y: I think it's during May, w¨³yu¨¨.
C: Yes, wu yue is very beautiful.
Y: Yep. I'm waiting for w¨³yu¨¨ when we can enjoy a long national holiday.
C: Yes, I love holidays!But there are also major holidays in shi yue and er yue.
Y: Yes, very good.The summers are very hot.And during "liu yue", the temperature rises here in Beijing. But the hottest days are in the"qi yue".
C: Well, after q¨©yu¨¨ it's b¨¡yu¨¨, right?
Y: Exactly. And "jiuyue" is my favorite month. After a long hot summer, the weather becomes cool, and we enjoy beautiful scenery.
C: But I heard in "shiyue" people in Beijing would like to go to Fragrant Hills in the west of Beijing to see the red leaves, right?
Y: Yes. That's fantastic.
C: I will go and have a look this year.
Key words reminder
2003 nian, the year 2003; 2005 nian, the year 2005. "yi yue', January; "er yue", February. All in today's Chinese Studio.¡¡
Y: Cam, what's your favorite month?
C: I think it's qi yue. I love the hot weather. What about you?
Y: I like "b¨¡yu¨¨", August. I also like the hot weather in summer.After a winter hibernation, the hot air of summer gets me feeling well again! Well, that's it for today. Don't forget you can win a gift by answering the question of the day in Chinese: what's your favorite month?
Key Words and Sentences in Chinese and Pin Yin
1. yi yue (Jan) er yue (Feb) san yue (Mar) si yue (Apr) |
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2. wu yue (May) liu yue(June) qi yue (July) ba yue (Aug) |
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3. jiu yue (Sep) shi yue (Oct) shi yi yue (Nov) shi er yue (Dec) |
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| 4. yi jiu qi jiu nian (the year of 1979) |
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5. er ling ling ling nian ( the year of 2000) |
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| 6. er ling ling san nian (the year of 2003) |
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7. er ling ling wu nain (the year of 2005) |
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