HashiriKata Posted February 2, 2007 at 08:54 AM Report Posted February 2, 2007 at 08:54 AM Hi, I came across the saying in some listening/reading material. From the context, I guess that 一九, 二九, 三九, 四九, etc. are all referring to specific times of the year but I wonder what specific times they correspond to, and whether these references are often used and well understood by Chinese native speakers. Thanks, PS: An additional question: Why do they all end with "9" such as "19, 29, 39, etc." instead of other figures? Quote
roddy Posted February 2, 2007 at 09:06 AM Report Posted February 2, 2007 at 09:06 AM I came across something like that ages ago. The 九's are periods of nine days, and you get 九 九s, so it covers 81 days. That's all I can remember though Quote
test0012 Posted February 2, 2007 at 09:09 AM Report Posted February 2, 2007 at 09:09 AM 一九: Winter solstice – Winter solstice + 8 days 二九: Winter solstice + 9 days – Winter solstice + 17 days 三九: Winter solstice + 18 days – Winter solstice + 26 days ... 九九: Winter solstice + 72 days – Winter solstice + 80 days Quote
elina Posted February 2, 2007 at 10:53 AM Report Posted February 2, 2007 at 10:53 AM and whether these references are often used and well understood by Chinese native speakers. As a Chinese native speaker, because I’m not familiar with the 农历 / 阴历 / lunar calendar, so when people told something like in the following link: http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/14369798.html I usually needed to think about what they were saying, or just directly asked them the meaning. Generally speaking, people living in rural areas or elder people use this kind of saying often. Quote
Koneko Posted February 2, 2007 at 11:16 AM Report Posted February 2, 2007 at 11:16 AM Yes, I agree with Elina. There's something similar to 一九, 二九, 三九, 四九 in Chinese, which I think more native speakers are more familiar with. Have you heard of 头七, 二七, 三七, 四七... ... 七七? K. PS: Are 一九, 二九, 三九, 四九... related to 二十四节令? Quote
HashiriKata Posted February 2, 2007 at 11:19 AM Author Report Posted February 2, 2007 at 11:19 AM 谢谢你们的回答。清楚了！ （PS: Sorry, I wrote the reply without seeing Koneko's questions.） Quote
xiaocai Posted February 4, 2007 at 09:07 AM Report Posted February 4, 2007 at 09:07 AM PS: Are 一九, 二九, 三九, 四九... related to 二十四节令? Yes. It's usually called 数九 in lunar calendar and the first day starts from 冬至, which is the 22nd 节气 in all 24. Tip: search with 数九 on wiki and you can find more. (Corrected. Thanks to koneko and HashiriKata, and 该死的智能ABC.) Quote
Koneko Posted February 4, 2007 at 09:30 AM Report Posted February 4, 2007 at 09:30 AM Thanks! I'll do my homework later. By the way, I think it's 冬至 not 东至?! K. Quote
HashiriKata Posted February 4, 2007 at 09:37 AM Author Report Posted February 4, 2007 at 09:37 AM By the way, I think it's 冬至 not 东至?! Spot on! Quote
盘古通天教主 Posted February 10, 2007 at 08:12 AM Report Posted February 10, 2007 at 08:12 AM “Have you heard of 头七, 二七, 三七, 四七... ... 七七?” ······a consuetude of funeral Quote
Koneko Posted February 10, 2007 at 02:14 PM Report Posted February 10, 2007 at 02:14 PM “Have you heard of 头七, 二七, 三七, 四七... ... 七七?”······a consuetude of funeral Ha ha... I think I am doing HashiriKata's 三七 now. I gave him a mousetrap like three weeks ago and the mouse is gone! Ha ha... K. Quote
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