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Today is June 30, 2008. How do you say that in Chinese? — 二〇〇八年六月三十日 — pronounced as èr líng líng bā nián liù yuè sān shí rì

Monday, June 30th, 2008




Primezero i18n Terminal converts this for you so you don’t need to remember the format: June 30, 2008.

But…., just in case you want to know why it is what it is…

In Chinese, people say there year first. Then the month. Then the day.

2008 is the year.  二〇〇八年

The month is the 6th month. 六月

The day is the 30. 三十日

Put them all together? 二〇〇八年六月三十日



How do you say “interesting” in Mandarin Chinese? — 有意思 — yŏu yì si

Friday, June 27th, 2008



有意思 means interesting. You can pronounce it using the Primezero i18n Terminal. Try it now.



President’s Day in Chinese is zŏng tŏng jì niàn rì — or zŏng tŏng jié for short — here is why today is a great day become familiar with some translations

Monday, February 18th, 2008



Today is the President’s Day holiday.

Markets are closed, but that doesn’t mean it is time to completely relax. You can take some time today to find some translations using the Primezero i18n Terminal.

Today you can learn how to say a few words for your next business meeting in Hong Kong or Shanghai. I’ll show you how: jump on the Primezero i18n Terminal and type away.

That’s it.

When you first arrive at the terminal home page, you will notice that there are no instructions yet. This is because I am still designing the terminals features around you. :)


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I want this tool to be so easy to use that you can FIND the translation you need WHEN you need on your desktop or (soon) your mobile terminal.

Here are a few features some users have discovered:

  1. Smart Hanyu Pinyin Dictionary results
  2. Contemporary results, with names and places in the news
  3. Fast and clickable Chinese dictionary results
  4. Powerful Chinese Number Conversions (e.g., time, money, dates, fractions, etc)
  5. Some words that are ‘not found’ today are available the next day