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How to read the special date in Chinese
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Example 1
August 19, 1986
1986年8月19日
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about the year 1986, the Chinese don’t read nineteen eighty-six like the Westerner, just read the numbers in Chinese one by one as: 1(Yī) - 9(Jiǔ) - 8(Bā) - 6(Liù) plus 年(Nián, year) at the end of the whole number 1986
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the month August 8月 is the eighth month of the year, in modern Chinese writing, August is just written as 8月, that is 8(Bā) + 月(Yuè, month)
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the 19th day is just written as 19日, that is 19(Shí-jiǔ) + 日(Rì, day) in modern Chinese
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the pronunciation of each character is as follow
August 19, 1986
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Example 2
April 1, 2008
2008年4月1日
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The modern Chinese writing use 0 as zero, not the character 零(Líng), the pronunciation for zero is still the same Líng, thus the year 2008 in modern Chinese is just read the whole number 2(Èr) - 0(Líng) - 0(Líng) - 8(Bā) plus 年(Nián, year) at the end of the whole number 2008
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the month April 4月 is the fourth month of the year, in modern Chinese writing, April is just written as 4月, that is 4(Sì) + 月(Yuè, month)
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the 1st day is just written as 1日, that is 1(Yī) + 日(Rì, day) in modern Chinese
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the pronunciation of each character is as follow
April 1, 2008
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Example 3
July 29, 2018
2018年7月29日
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The year 2018 in modern Chinese just read as the whole number 2(Èr) - 0(Líng) - 1(Yī ) - 8(Bā) plus 年(Nián, year) at the end of the whole number 2018
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the month July 7月 is the seventh month of the year, in modern Chinese writing, July is just written as 7月, that is 7(Qī) + 月(Yuè, month)
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the 29th day is just written as 29日, that is 29(Èr-shí-jiǔ) + 日(Rì, day) in modern Chinese
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the pronunciation of each character is as follow
April 1, 2008
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