Calendar time
49.249.2.1.4 asking about years
To ask about a year, say:
哪年？
nǎ nián? or něi nián?
which year?
你是哪年毕业的？
你是哪年畢業的？
Nǐ shì nǎ nián bì yè de?
In what year did you graduate?这个大学是哪年建立的？
這個大學是哪年建立的？
Zhège dàxué shì nǎ nián jiànlì de?
In what year was this university established?49.2.2 months
月 yuè is the word for ‘month,’ and it is also part of the name of the months. When months
are counted or referred to in expressions such as ‘one month,’ ‘this month,’ or ‘next month,’
the classifier 个/個 gè occurs between the specifier and/or number and 月 yuè ‘month.’ The
names of the months do not include a classifier.49.2.2.1 Counting months and asking about the number of months
To count months, precede the word 月 yuè ‘month’ by a number and the classifier 个/個 gè:
one month 一个月/一個月 yī gè yuè
two months 两个月/兩個月 liǎng gè yuè
three months 三个月/三個月 sān gè yuè
To ask how many months, say:
几个月？ or 多少月？
幾個月？
jǐ gè yuè? duōshǎo yuè?
how many months? how many months?一年有几个月？
一年有幾個月？
Yī nián yǒu jǐ gè yuè?
One year has how many months? (How many months are there in a year?)
你已经学了多少月了？
你已經學了多少月了？
Nǐ yǐjing xué le duōshǎo yuè le?
How many months have you studied already?49.2.2.2 referring to months with respect to ‘now’
To refer to the months, use these expressions:
this month 这个月/這個月 zhège yuè
next month 下个月/下個月 xià gè yuè
last month 上个月/上個月 shàng gè yuè