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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



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February 24, 2008 in Mandarin Chinese is .. 二〇〇八年二月二十四日 or èr líng líng bā nián èr yuè èr shí sì rì — it is the actual DAY in February added during a leap year

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008



February 24, 2008: This day is very interesting because it was the one added to push the number of days in February to be 29 days.

二〇〇八年 - 2008 year

二月  - February Month #2

二十四日 - Day #24

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