Calendar time
49.2To ask about complete dates, say:哪年几月几日？ or 哪年几月几号？
哪年幾月幾日？ 哪年幾月幾號？
nǎ nián jǐ yuè jǐ rì? nǎ nián jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
which year which month which date which year which month which date
你是哪年几月几号生的？
你是哪年幾月幾號生的？
Nǐ shì nǎ nián jǐ yuè jǐ hào shēng de?
You were born in which year, which month, which date?
(When were you born?)他们是哪年几月几日结婚的？
他們是哪年幾月幾日結婚的？
Tāmen shì nǎ nián jǐ yuè jǐ rì jiéhūn de?
In which year, which month, and on which date were they married?
(When were they married?)
C37.949.2.5 talking about semesters
学期/學期 xuéqī means ‘semester’ (of a school year).49.2.5.1 Counting semesters
To count semesters, put the classifier 个/個 gè after the number and before the word 学期/學期
xuéqī ‘semester.’
one semester 一个学期/一個學期 yī gè xuéqī
two semesters 两个学期/兩個學期 liǎng gè xuéqī
three semesters 三个学期/三個學期 sān gè xuéqī49.2.5.2 referring to semesters
学期/學期 xuéqī are referred to in the same way as weeks, weekends, and months.
this semester 这个学期/這個學期 zhège xuéqī
next semester 下个学期/下個學期 xià gè xuéqī
last semester 上个学期/上個學期 shàng gè xuéqī