This document provides a cheat sheet of Chinese time words and phrases about years, months, weeks, and days. It includes the pinyin and English translation for terms like "year", "month", "week", "today", "tomorrow" and "last year". It also lists phrases for specific times and meals, such as "this month", "next week", "breakfast", "lunch", and "dinner". Additionally, it outlines the Chinese timeline during a day, dividing it into early morning, late morning, midday, afternoon and evening.

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equivalent.Remember,theyareonlyAPPROXIMATEequivalentsounds.Please
refertothePinyinseriesonwww.yoyochinese.com forcorrectpronunciation.
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2. Here is how each Mandarin sound is written in pinyin, with its approximate English
equivalent. Remember, they are only APPROXIMATE equivalent sounds. Please
refer to the Pinyin series on www.yoyochinese.com for correct pronunciation.
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Words and Phrases about Year, Month, Week, and Day
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Year
年
nián
Last last year
前年
qián nián
Last year
去年
qù nián
This year
今年
jīn nián
Next year
明年
mínɡ nián
Next next year
后年
hòu nián
Day
天
tiān
The day before
yesterday
前天
(qián tiān)
Yesterday
昨天
zuó tiān
Today
今天
jīn tiān
Tomorrow
明天
mínɡ tiān
The day after
tomorrow
后天
hòu tiān
Everyday
每天
měi tiān
Early morning
早上
zǎo shànɡ
Morning
上午
shànɡ wǔ
Noon
中午
zhōnɡ wǔ
Afternoon
下午
xià wǔ
Evening
晚上
wǎn shànɡ
Midnight
半夜
bàn yè
Meals
饭 / 飯
fàn
Breakfast
早饭 / 早飯
zǎo fàn
Lunch
午饭 / 午飯
wǔ fàn
Dinner
晚饭 / 晚飯
wǎn fàn
Month
月
yuè
Last last month
上上个月
上上個月
shànɡ shànɡ ɡe yuè
Last month
上个月
上個月
shànɡ ɡe yuè
This month
这个月
這個月
zhè ɡe yuè
Next month
下个月
下個月
xià ɡe yuè
Next next month
下下个月
下下個月
xià xià ɡe yuè
Week
星期
xīnɡ qī
Last last week
上上个星期
上上個星期
shànɡ shànɡ ɡe xīnɡ qī
Last week
上个星期
上個星期
shànɡ ɡe xīnɡ qī
This week
这个星期
這個星期
zhè ɡe xīnɡ qī
Next week
下个星期
下個星期
xià ɡe xīnɡ qī
Next next week
下下个星期
下下個星期
xià xià ɡe xīnɡ qī

3. Here is how each Mandarin sound is written in pinyin, with its approximate English
equivalent. Remember, they are only APPROXIMATE equivalent sounds. Please
refer to the Pinyin series on www.yoyochinese.com for correct pronunciation.
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Words and Phrases about Year, Month, Week, and Day
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This Month
这个月
zhè ɡe yuè
Present
This Week
这个星期
zhè ɡe xīnɡ qī
This Weekend
这个周末
zhè ge zhōu mò
This Thursday
这个星期四
zhè ge xīnɡ qī sì
Next Month
下个月
xià ɡe yuè
Future (Down)
下
xià
Next Week
下个星期
xià ge xīnɡ qī
Next Weekend
下个周末
xià ge zhōu mò
Next Friday
下个星期五
xià ge xīnɡ qī wǔ
Last Month
上个月
shànɡ ɡe yuè
Past (Up)
上
shànɡ
Last Week
上个星期
shànɡ ge xīnɡ qī
Last Weekend
上个周末
shànɡ ɡe zhōu mò
Last Monday
上个星期一
shànɡ ge xīnɡ qī
Month
月
yuè
Week
星期
xīnɡ qī

4. Here is how each Mandarin sound is written in pinyin, with its approximate English
equivalent. Remember, they are only APPROXIMATE equivalent sounds. Please
refer to the Pinyin series on www.yoyochinese.com for correct pronunciation.
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Words and Phrases about Year, Month, Week, and Day
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Chinese Timeline (during the day)
Early Morning
早上
zǎo shànɡ
Late Morning
上午
shànɡ wǔ
Midday (Noon)
中午
zhōnɡ wǔ
Afternoon
下午
xià wǔ
Evening
晚上
wǎn shànɡ
Past (Up)
上
shànɡ
Future (Down)
下
xià
Breakfast
早饭
zǎo fàn
Lunch
午饭
wǔ fàn
Dinner
晚饭
wǎn fàn