Learn Days and Months in Chinese: A Simple Guide to Chinese Calendar Vocabulary

Welcome to our guide to days in Chinese, Months in Chinese and seasons in Chinese.

Knowing the days, months and seasons in Chinese can be vital to helping you communicate and understand where and when you need to be somewhere.

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Days, Months & Seasons in Chinese || Days in Chinese

Days, Months & Seasons in Chinese || Months in Chinese

Days, Months & Seasons in Chinese || Seasons in Chinese

Days, Months & Seasons in Chinese || Time of Day in Chinese

TEST YOURSELF || Our Free Quiz

Days, Months & Seasons in Chinese || FAQs

How to Say Days of the Week in Chinese

Learning how to say the days of the week in Chinese is a great first step for beginners. Whether you’re scheduling a class, planning a trip, or chatting with friends, knowing how to talk about the days in Mandarin will make everyday conversations much easier.

The good news? The structure is super straightforward. In Chinese, the days of the week follow a simple pattern: you start with the word 星期 (xīngqī), which means “week,” and then just add a number from one to six for Monday through Saturday.

Sunday is a small exception, but it still follows a very similar rule. Once you understand this pattern, remembering all the days becomes a breeze!

Day in Chinese 白天 bái tiān

Notice something about the days in Chinese? Might help to know the numbers in Chinese if you want to learn the days in Chinese!

How to Say Months in Chinese

If you’ve already learned how to count in Chinese, you’re in luck—saying the months in Chinese is incredibly easy. Just like the days of the week, Chinese months follow a super logical pattern that’s simple to pick up, even for complete beginners.

To say a month, you simply take the number of the month (1 for January, 2 for February, etc.) and add the word 月 (yuè), which means “month.”

So January becomes 一月 (yī yuè), February is 二月 (èr yuè), and so on. It’s that straightforward!

Month in Chinese Play 月 yuè

Seriously, how crucial are numbers to learning days and months in Chinese?

Thankfully, we have a video to help you out with that.

Seasons in Chinese

Talking about the seasons is a fun and practical way to expand your Chinese vocabulary—especially if you love chatting about weather, travel, or holidays. In Mandarin, the four seasons are easy to learn and often used in everyday conversation.

Each season has its own unique word in Chinese, and they’re quite straightforward:

Season in Chinese Play 季节 jì jié

Do you know how to pack your bags before you come to China? Make sure you read about the weather in China before you come!

Times of Day in Chinese

Want to get more advanced at talking about the day in Chinese? Here are more ways to help talk to your Chinese friends about the times of the day.

More Vocabulary about the days in Chinese:

Need to know the public holidays in Singapore?

Better yet, you might want to tell your friends it is a ‘public holiday‘ 公共假期 gōnggòng jiàqī and you ‘have the day off‘ 休息日 xiū xī rì

We have a complete guide to Time in China. Here are the keywords and phrases to get you started.

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