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usages of the numbersⅡ

Y: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
C: Hi, everyone, I’m Cam. 早上好 zǎoshang hǎo, yajie.
Y: 早上好！Today we’ll continue with how to use numbers. First let’s check our key words of
the day!

************Key words of the day

Today we’ll continue with the usages of the numbers. For example, 四月二十五号 April the 25.
五月一号, May the 1st. 星期一，Monday. 星期三，Wednesday. 星期天, Sunday. All in today’s
Chinese Studio.
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Y: In Chinese, the date is pronounced by combining the numbers 1 to 31 with 号, which is the
spoken form, or 日, the written form. For example you could say 四月二十七号 April the 27 (可
以灵活调整时间). The pronunciation of 号 is similar to that of 好 in the sentence 我很好. The
difference lies in the tone. 号 is the fourth tone; and 好 is the third tone.
C: 号, (hào); 四月二十七号 (sìyuè èrshíqī hào).
Y: I’m waiting for 五月一号 when we’ll be on holiday. 五月一号, May the first.
C: 五月一号(wǔ yuè yī hào).
Y: 六月一号, June the first.
C: 六月一号(liù yuè yī hào). That is national Children’s day.
Y: I used to celebrate on that day and did some performances when I was younger.
C: Too bad I missed it! Yajie, how do you say December 25th, Christmas?
Y: It’s 十二月二十五日。
C: 十二月二十五日 (shí èr yuè èrshí wǔ hao). Got it. Thanks. And the New Year, January the
first is 一月一号 (yī yuè yī hào), right?
Y: Yes.

Y: If you refer to a date in the current month, you can delete “月”, and say …号 directly. The
numbers from 1 to 6 follow“星期” They are used to say Monday to Saturday.
C: Then Monday is 星期一(xīngqī yī). Tuesday is 星期二(xīngqī èr). Wednesday is 星期三(xīngqī
sān).
Y: Well done! How to say Thursday and Friday in Chinese?
C: Thursday is 星期四(xīngqī sì), and Friday s 星期五(xīngqī wǔ).
Y: What about Saturday?
C: Well, Saturday is 星期六(xīngqī liù). And Sunday is 星期七. (xīngqī qī).
Y: No no… for Sunday it’s different. In China people would say 星期天.天. You can also say 星

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期日. Both are okay for saying Sunday in Chinese.
C: 星期日。

**********Key words reminder

四月二十五号 April the 25. 五月一号, May the 1st. 星期一，Monday. 星期三，Wednesday. 星期
天, Sunday.
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Y: My favorite day is 星期天, ‘cause we can rest from work.

Cam: My favorite day is xing qi liu because it’s the first day of my weekend.
Y: Well, class is over for this time. Don’t forget you can win a gift by answering the question
of the day in Chinese: what’s your favorite day of the week?
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Chinese@crifm.com. 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: Well class is over. 再见!
C: 再见!

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