Chinese Vocabulary: The calendar (days, months, seasons)

– Useful words you should know –

Want to learn the Chinese language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful words in Chinese with their translation in English, on the topic of the calendar (days, months, seasons). Ideal to help you boost your Chinese vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	CHINESE
DAYS OF THE WEEK	Yīzhōu zhōng de rìzi
Monday	zhōuyī
Tuesday	zhōu’èr
Wednesday	zhōusān
Thursday	zhōu sì
Friday	xīngqíwǔ
Saturday	zhōu liù
Sunday	xīngqírì
THE MONTHS	yuèfèn
January	yī yuè
February	èr yuè
March	xíngjìn
April	sì yuè
May	kěnéng
June	liù yuè
July	qī yuè
August	bā yuè
September	jiǔ yuè
October	shí yuè
November	shíyī yuè
December	shí’èr yuè
THE SEASONS	sìjì
Spring	chūntiān
Summer	xiàtiān
Autumn	qiūtiān
Winter	dōngtiān
WHEN ?	shénme shíhòu?
before	qián
after	hòu
soon	hěn kuài
this month	zhège yuè
this year	jīnnián
this week	běn xīngqí
from time to time	shí
already	yǐjīng
today	jīntiān
tomorrow	míngtiān
yesterday	zuótiān
last night	zuóyè
the day before yesterday	qiántiān
a long time ago	hěnjiǔ yǐqián
a week ago	yī xīngqí qián
never	jué bù
next year	míng nián
next time	xià cì
next week	xià zhōu
next month	xià gè yuè
last year	qùnián
last month	shàng gè yuè
last week	shàng zhōu
in the morning	zǎochén
in the afternoon	xiàwǔ
in the evening	wǎnshàng
the day	nèitiān
now	xiànzài
later	zhīhòu
immediately	lìjí de
sometimes	yǒushí
rarely	hěn shǎo
recently	zuìjìn
frequently	pínfán de
often	jīngcháng
very often	chángcháng
slowly	màn man de
quickly	xùnsù de
late	wǎn de
early	zǎoqí de
always	zǒng shì
every day	měitiān
right away	mǎshàng
all the time	měi shí měi kè
all day long	zhěng tiān
a holiday	yīgè jiàrì
a month	yīgè yuè
a year	yī nián
an hour	yī xiǎoshí
a minute	yī fēnzhōng
a week	yīzhōu

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