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Months of the Year
(Click on any Chinese character to hear it pronounced.  Use your back arrow to return.)
 
yi Chinese characterpicture: er Chinese characterpicture: Chinese character san, "three".picture: Chinese character si, "four".picture: wu Chinese characterpicture: Chinese character liu, "six".picture: Chinese character qipicture: Chinese character bapicture: Chinese character jiupicture: Chinese character shi,picture: Chinese character shiyi Chinese character,picture: Chinese character shipicture: er Chinese character
(Hover your cursor over a number to remind you of how it is pronounced.)


Once you can count to twelve you know the months of the year. 
Month is graphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"yue so the months are numbered just like the days of the week, only this time the number comes first.

January  yi Chinese charactergraphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
February  picture: er Chinese charactergraphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
March  picture: Chinese character san, "three".graphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
April  picture: Chinese character si, "four".graphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
May  picture: wu Chinese charactergraphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
June  picture: Chinese character liu, "six".graphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
July picture: Chinese character qigraphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
August picture: Chinese character bagraphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
September  picture: Chinese character jiugraphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
October  picture: Chinese character shigraphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
November picture: Chinese character shiyi Chinese character graphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"
December  picture: Chinese character shipicture: er Chinese charactergraphic: Chinese character yue, "moon/month"

And there you have it.  You know the months of the year in Chinese.  Imagine the poor Chinese school kids trying to learn our names for the months of the year.  Much tougher.

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