This episode is part of the Essential Mandarin series on Little Mandarin Season 2, designed to take you from complete beginner to real-life everyday Mandarin.
In Lesson 5, we’re learning how to talk about dates and birthdays in Mandarin — and also how Chinese ways of expressing time are deeply connected to the natural world.
You’ll learn how 日, 天, 星期, 月, and 年 work in Mandarin, how to say full dates naturally, and how to talk about your birthday with confidence.
We’ll also explore why time words in Chinese often connect to the sun, the moon, the sky, and traditional ways of understanding the calendar — including why Chinese New Year does not always fall on the same date as January 1st.
By the end of this episode, you’ll be able to say dates, talk about birthdays, and understand time expressions in Mandarin in a much deeper and more interesting way.
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