{"id":181983,"date":"2020-10-07T20:57:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T00:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/months-in-chinese\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T01:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:36:20","slug":"months-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/chinese\/months-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Guide to Months in Chinese (and the Lunar Calendar)"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a beginner in Chinese<\/a>, you’ll want to learn how to say the months in Mandarin.<\/p>\n

You’ll should also know how to translate dates and related phrases so you can talk about appointments and or describe when something happened.<\/p>\n

We’ll cover these important topics, as well as the celebrations during each calendar month and the Chinese lunar calendar in this post.<\/p>\n

[fluentu-toc]<\/p>\n

The Calendar Months in Chinese<\/h2>\n

To say the months in Chinese, you only need to know how to count<\/a> and say \u6708\u00a0(yu\u00e8)<\/em>, which means “month.”<\/p>\n

For instance, January is literally “one month,” February is “two month” and November is “eleven month.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Chinese<\/th>Pinyin<\/th>English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u4e00\u6708<\/td>y\u012b yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>January<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u4e8c\u6708<\/td>\u00e8r yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>February<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u4e09\u6708<\/td>s\u0101n yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>March<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u56db\u6708<\/td>s\u00ec yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>April<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u4e94\u6708<\/td>w\u01d4 yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u516d\u6708<\/td>li\u00f9 yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>June<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u4e03\u6708<\/td>q\u012b yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>July<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u516b\u6708<\/td>b\u0101 yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u4e5d\u6708<\/td>ji\u01d4 yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u5341\u6708<\/td>sh\u00ed yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u5341\u4e00\u6708<\/td>sh\u00ed y\u012b yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u5341\u4e8c\u6708<\/td>sh\u00ed \u00e8r yu\u00e8<\/em><\/td>December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Here’s what the Gregorian calendar months are in Chinese, with supplementary details such as national holidays and special Chinese dates.<\/p>\n

*National holidays based on the lunar calendar<\/a> are noted with 2025 dates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Date<\/th>Chinese<\/th>Pinyin<\/th>English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
January 1<\/td>\u65b0\u5e74<\/td>x\u012bn ni\u00e1n<\/i><\/td>New Year's Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 28*<\/td>\u9664\u5915<\/td>ch\u00fa x\u00ec<\/i><\/td>Lunar New Year's Eve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 29*<\/td>\u5143\u65e6
\n\u6625\u8282<\/td>		yu\u00e1n d\u00e0n<\/i>
\nch\u016bn ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>		Lunar New Year's Day
\nSpring Festival\/Chinese New Year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 12*<\/td>\u5143\u5bb5\u8282<\/td>yu\u00e1n xi\u0101o ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Lantern Festival
\n(Lunar Month 1 Day 15)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 5*<\/td>\u6e05\u660e\u8282<\/td>q\u012bng m\u00edng ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Qingming Festival
\nTomb Sweeping Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 1<\/td>\u52b3\u52a8\u8282<\/td>l\u00e1o d\u00f2ng ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Labor Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 20<\/td>\u4e94\u4e8c\u96f6<\/td>w\u01d4 \u00e8r l\u00edng<\/i><\/td>Chinese Internet Valentine's Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 31*<\/td>\u7aef\u5348\u8282<\/td>du\u0101n w\u01d4 ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Dragon Boat Festival
\n(Lunar Month 5 Day 5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 1<\/td>\u516d\u4e00\u513f\u7ae5\u8282<\/td>li\u00f9 y\u012b \u00e9r t\u00f3ng ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Children's Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 21<\/td>\u590f\u81f3<\/td>xi\u00e0 zh\u00ec<\/i><\/td>Xiazhi Festival
\nSummer Solstice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 1<\/td>\u5efa\u519b\u8282<\/td>ji\u00e0n j\u016bn ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>People's Liberation Army Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 8<\/td>\u7236\u4eb2\u8282<\/td>f\u00f9 q\u012bn ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Chinese Fathers' Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 29*<\/td>\u4e03\u5915\u8282<\/td>q\u012b x\u00ec ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Qixi Festival
\nDouble Seventh Festival
\nChinese Valentine's Day
\n(Lunar Month 7 Day 7)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 6*<\/td>\u4e2d\u5143\u8282<\/td>zh\u014dng yu\u00e1n ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Zhongyuan Festival
\nGhost Festival
\n(Lunar Month 7 Day 15)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 1<\/td>\u56fd\u5e86\u65e5<\/td>gu\u00f3 q\u00ecng r\u00ec<\/i><\/td>National Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 1-6<\/td>\u9ec4\u91d1\u5468<\/td>hu\u00e1ng j\u012bn zh\u014du<\/i><\/td>Golden Week<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 6*<\/td>\u4e2d\u79cb\u8282<\/td>zh\u014dng qi\u016b ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Mid-Autumn Festival
\n(Lunar Month 8 Day 15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 29*<\/td>\u91cd\u9633\u8282<\/td>ch\u00f3ng y\u00e1ng ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Chongyang Festival
\nDouble Ninth Festival
\n(Lunar Month 9 Day 9)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 11<\/td>\u5149\u68cd\u8282<\/td>gu\u0101ng g\u00f9n ji\u00e9<\/i><\/td>Double 11
\nSingles' Day
\nBachelors' Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 21*<\/td>\u51ac\u81f3<\/td>d\u014dng zh\u00ec<\/i><\/td>Dongzhi Festival
\nWinter Solstice
\n(Lunar Month 11 Day 15)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Talking About Years in Chinese<\/h2>\n

Before we get into how to form years in Chinese, here are a few time terms you’ll need to know first:<\/p>\n