Learning Chinese: Months

Introduction

• Instructor: Becky
• Focus: Learning about months in Chinese
• Importance: Months divide the year into segments and help distinguish timeframes.

Key Character: 月

• Pronunciation: Yuè
• Meaning: Month

Structure of Months in Chinese

• Rule: Each month is represented by a number followed by 月 (Yuè).
  • January: 一月 (Yī yuè)
  • February: 二月 (Èr yuè)
  • March: 三月 (Sān yuè)
  • April: 四月 (Sì yuè)
  • May: 五月 (Wǔ yuè)
  • June: 六月 (Liù yuè)
  • July: 七月 (Qī yuè)
  • August: 八月 (Bā yuè)
  • September: 九月 (Jiǔ yuè)
  • October: 十月 (Shí yuè)
  • November: 十一月 (Shí yī yuè)
  • December: 十二月 (Shí èr yuè)

Simplified Naming

• The name of the month is simply the number of the month followed by "Yuè".
  • Example: January is "Yī yuè".

Learning Tips

• Fewer new characters to learn; mainly the character for month "Yuè".
• Numerical pattern is easy to follow and memorize.

Summary

• January: Yī yuè
• February: Èr yuè
• March: Sān yuè
• April: Sì yuè
• May: Wǔ yuè
• June: Liù yuè
• July: Qī yuè
• August: Bā yuè
• September: Jiǔ yuè
• October: Shí yuè
• November: Shí yī yuè
• December: Shí èr yuè

Conclusion

• Get used to referring to months as numbers.
• Simplicity in following the order by the numbers.

Thank you for joining this lesson on learning Chinese months!