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Usages of The Numbers

The document discusses how to use numbers in Chinese sentences to indicate years, months, and dates. It provides examples of expressing years such as 2003 年 (èr líng líng sān nián), the year 2003, and 2000 年 (èr líng líng nián). The months are formed by combining the numbers 1-12 with 月 (yuè) - for example, 三月 (sān yuè) for March and 五月 (wǔyuè) for May. The dialogue also mentions favorite months of the speakers and seasonal weather patterns in Beijing.

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Usages of The Numbers

The document discusses how to use numbers in Chinese sentences to indicate years, months, and dates. It provides examples of expressing years such as 2003 年 (èr líng líng sān nián), the year 2003, and 2000 年 (èr líng líng nián). The months are formed by combining the numbers 1-12 with 月 (yuè) - for example, 三月 (sān yuè) for March and 五月 (wǔyuè) for May. The dialogue also mentions favorite months of the speakers and seasonal weather patterns in Beijing.

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usages of the numbersⅠ

C: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I’m Cam.
Y: Hi, everyone, I’m Yajie. 早上好. 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, 2003 年, the year 2003; 2005
年, the year 2005. 一月, January; 二月, February. 三月，March. All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Y: In Chinese, the four figures making up the year are read out as four individual numbers
and “年” is put at the end. For example, this year, 2005 年 (èr líng líng wǔ nián), the year 2005.
C: 2005 年 (èr líng líng wǔ nián).
Y: 2003 年(èr líng líng sān nián), the year 2003.
C: 2003 年 (èr líng líng sān nián). Then how do you say the year 2000?
Y: It’s 两千年 (liǎng qiān nián).
C: 两千年 (liǎng qiān nián).
Y: Or you can say 2000 年 (èr líng líng nián). 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 月(yuè). 一月，二月，…，


C: Wait, wait. Slow down…. So it’s 一月 (yī yuè)， 二月 (èr yuè). 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 “月”.
C: Ok. So March is 三月(sān yuè), and April is 四月 (sì yuè).
Y: You are right.
C: In which month do you think Beijing is most beautiful?
Y: I think it’s during May, 五月(wǔyuè).
C: Yes, wu yue is very beautiful.
Y: Yep. I’m waiting for 五月(wǔyuè) 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 六月, the temperature rises here
in Beijing. But the hottest days are in the 七月 (qiyue).
C: Well, after 七月 (qīyuè) it’s 八月 (bāyuè), right?
Y: Exactly. And 九月 (jiuyue) is my favorite month. After a long hot summer, the weather

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becomes cool, and we enjoy beautiful scenery.
C: But I heard in 十月 (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 年, the year 2003; 2005 年, the year 2005. 一月, January; 二月, February. All in today’s
Chinese Studio.
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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 八月(bāyuè), 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?
C: You can send us questions or comments to [email protected]. That’s
[email protected]. Or you can visit us on our website at en.chinabroadcast.cn. Click learn
Chinese, where you can enjoy other free Chinese-learning programs.
Y: Make sure you practice what you have learned today. See you tomorrow! 再见!
C: 再见!

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