Chinese uses normal numbers (one, two, three), not ordinals (first, second, third). So they say “Day one of the week” instead of “first”
| English says | Chinese says |
|---|
| First day of the week | Day one of the week |
| Second month of the year | Month two of the year |
📅 Days of the week in Chinese language
| English | Chinese | Pinyin | Literal |
|---|
| Monday | 星期一 | xīngqī yī | week one |
| Tuesday | 星期二 | xīngqī èr | week two |
| Wednesday | 星期三 | xīngqī sān | week three |
| Thursday | 星期四 | xīngqī sì | week four |
| Friday | 星期五 | xīngqī wǔ | week five |
| Saturday | 星期六 | xīngqī liù | week six |
| Sunday | 星期日 | xīngqī rì | week sun |
📆 Months of the year in Chinese language
| English | Chinese | Pinyin | Literal |
|---|
| January | 一月 | yī yuè | one month |
| February | 二月 | èr yuè | two month |
| March | 三月 | sān yuè | three month |
| April | 四月 | sì yuè | four month |
| May | 五月 | wǔ yuè | five month |
| June | 六月 | liù yuè | six month |
| July | 七月 | qī yuè | seven month |
| August | 八月 | bā yuè | eight month |
| September | 九月 | jiǔ yuè | nine month |
| October | 十月 | shí yuè | ten month |
| November | 十一月 | shí yī yuè | eleven month |
| December | 十二月 | shí èr yuè | twelve month |
One rule for both
Number + 月 (yuè) = month
星期 + Number = weekday
