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In Chinese, the four figures making up the name of a year are read out as four separate numbers and “年 nian2” is put at the end. For example:
| 一九九八年 | yī jiǔ jiǔ bā nián |
| 二000年 | èr líng líng líng nián |
| 二00二年 | èr líng líng èr nián |
| 二0一0年 | èr líng yī líng nián |
The name of the 12 months are produced by combining the cardinal numbers 1 to 12 with “月yue4”.For example:
| 一月 | yī yuè | January | 七月 | qī yuè | July |
| 二月 | èr yuè | February | 八月 | bā yuè | August |
| 三月 | sān yuè | March | 九月 | jiǔ yuè | September |
| 四月 | Sì yuè | April | 十月 | shí yuè | October |
| 五月 | wǔ yuè | May | 十一月 | shíyī yuè | November |
| 六月 | Liù yuè | June | 十二月 | shièr yuè | December |
The names of the dates are produced by combining cardinal numbers 1 to 30 (or 31) with “号hao4”(spoken form) or “日ri4”(written form). For example:
| 二月六号 | èr yuè liù hào | February 6 |
| 十月十二号 | shí yuè shièr hào | October 12 |
| 十一月二十二日 | shíyī yuè èrshièr hào | November 22 |
| 十二月三十一日 | shí’èr yuè sānshíyī hào | December 31 |
If one mentions a date in the current month, one can omit “月yue4” and simply say “…号 hao4”.
The cardinal numbers from 1 to 6 follow “星期 xing1qi1” to express Monday to Saturday. The name for Sunday is “星期天xing1qi1 tian1”(spoken form) or “星期日”(written form).
| 星期一 | xīngqī yī | Monday | 星期五 | Friday | xīngqī wǔ |
| 星期二 | xīngqī èr | Tuesday | 星期六 | Saturday | xīngqī liù |
| 星期三 | xīngqī sān | Wednesday | 星期日 | Sunday | xīngqī rì |
| 星期四 | xīngqī sì | Thursday |
The word order for expressing the date and days of the week is:
年 + 月 + 日 + 星期
2010年11月3日星期三
èrlíngyīlíng nián shíyī yuè sān rì xīngqī sān
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