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LESSON 4 · HSK 3.0
今天几号
What's the Date? — Say days, dates and birthdays, and talk about years
21 words
3 patterns 0% done
Vocabulary 词汇
Tap a word for strokes
nián 年
year
yuè 月
month
rì 日
day / date
xīngqī 星期
week
xīngqīrì 星期日
Sunday
xīngqītiān 星期天
Sunday
jīntiān 今天
today
míngtiān 明天
tomorrow
zuótiān 昨天
yesterday
hòutiān 后天
the day after tomorrow
qiántiān 前天
the day before yesterday
qùnián 去年
last year
明年
xīnnián 新年
New Year
shēngrì 生日
birthday
日期
tiān 天
day / sky
dì 第
(ordinal prefix)
dìèr 第二
second
kuài 快
fast
le 了
completed action
Dot: green = known, gold = learning, none = new
Grammar 语法
Dates go big → small
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Say year, then month, then day: …年…月…日. In speech 号 replaces 日: 九号. Years are read digit by digit: 二零二六年 (èr líng èr liù nián).
Days of the week: 星期 + number
… ， /
Monday to Saturday are 星期一 to 星期六. Sunday is 星期日 or, in speech, 星期天. Ask with 星期几？
Time words before the verb
。/ 。
Time words (今天, 明年, 星期六) go before the verb, either before or after the subject, never at the end of the sentence as in English.
Sentences 句子
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What's the date today?
，。
Today is November 9th, Monday.
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What day is it tomorrow?
？
When is your birthday?
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My birthday is May 20th.
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Yesterday was Sunday.
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Happy New Year!
，。
I was eight last year; I'm nine now.
Dialogue 对话
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What's the date today?
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Today is May 18th.
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The day after tomorrow is my birthday!
？？
May 20th? What day is that?
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Saturday.
！！
Great! Happy birthday!