Meng Lelan Posted October 7, 2006 at 08:46 AM Report Posted October 7, 2006 at 08:46 AM How does one read aloud years in Chinese, for example, should the year 2030 be read aloud as " er qian san shi nian"? What about 2003 ("er qian san nian"?)? Quote
HashiriKata Posted October 7, 2006 at 08:57 AM Report Posted October 7, 2006 at 08:57 AM I'd read 2030 as erlingsanling nian, and 2003 as erlinglingsan nien. Quote
FSO Posted October 7, 2006 at 10:22 AM Report Posted October 7, 2006 at 10:22 AM HashiriKata is right. Specific years are read as individual digits, followed by "nian." Quote
againstwind Posted October 7, 2006 at 02:25 PM Report Posted October 7, 2006 at 02:25 PM HashiriKata is right. But 2003 is also read as liang3 qian1 ling2 san1 nian2. The same from 2001 to 2009, er4 ling2ling2 yi1 nian2 and liang3 qian1 ling2 yi1 nian2, both are ok. Quote
Meng Lelan Posted October 7, 2006 at 08:38 PM Author Report Posted October 7, 2006 at 08:38 PM Thank you all - can the year 2000 be read aloud as "er qian nian"? Quote
HashiriKata Posted October 7, 2006 at 09:37 PM Report Posted October 7, 2006 at 09:37 PM "er qian nian"? It should be "liang3qian1 nian2", I think. Quote
gato Posted October 8, 2006 at 02:53 AM Report Posted October 8, 2006 at 02:53 AM See this thread for the difference between 二 and 两: http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/105-private-chinese-schools-in-beijing38 more 二 and 兩: time/date Quote
againstwind Posted October 9, 2006 at 03:29 PM Report Posted October 9, 2006 at 03:29 PM Quote: "er qian nian"? It should be "liang3qian1 nian2", I think. yes. er4 ling2 ling2 ling2 nian2 is ok too. Quote
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