yīyuè
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In pinyin "January" is yīyuè (一月), literally "one month". Chinese months are just numbers followed by yuè (月).
To say "in January" use zài yīyuè. Chinese puts the larger unit first, so the month comes before the day.
Meaning: the month of January (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
February is èryuè, March is sānyuè and so on up to shí'èryuè for December. Dates follow the same logic, with hào (号) for the day, so January 1 is yīyuè yī hào.
Did you know?
- New Year's Day on January 1 is called Yuándàn (元旦) in Chinese.
Examples in context
- Yīyuè hěn lěng.January is very cold.
- Wǒ de shēngrì zài yīyuè.My birthday is in January.
- Yīyuè yī hào shì Yuándàn.January 1 is New Year's Day.
Example conversation
Lan asks her friend Ke when his birthday is.
- LanNǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè?Which month is your birthday?
- KeYīyuè.January.
- LanYīyuè jǐ hào?January what date?
- KeYīyuè shíwǔ hào.January fifteenth.
