This document provides an introduction to reading basic Chinese characters and dates. It presents the characters for the numbers 1-10 and months 1-3 in Chinese, as well as dates written in Chinese like March 2nd ("三月二日") and September 9th ("九月九日"). It notes that Arabic numbers are often used with Chinese dates for ease of typing and recognition. The goal is to read these Chinese numbers, months, and dates.

1. Chinese
中文
Module: Reading Chinese, a First Lesson
By: Tiger Farm, http://tigerfarm.blogspot.com/
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2. Goal: To read the following.
三月二日
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3. One
This is the Chinese character for the number one.
一
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4. Guess
what this means.
二
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5. Two
二
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6. Guess
三
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7. Three
三
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8. One Two Three
一二三
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9. Sun – Moon
日 – 月
The Sun ( 日 ) is a tall rectangle with a line
through the middle.
The Moon ( 月 ) is like the sun. The moon is
depicted in crescent phase, curved.
日 - 月
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10. Guess
月
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11. Moon
月
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12. Guess
1月
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13. Guess
Hint: which month of the year is this?
1月
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14. January
1月
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15. Guess
1月,2月,3月
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16. January, February, March
1月,2月,3月
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17. Guess
3月2日
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18. Guess
Hint: it is part of a date. What date?
3月2日
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19. March 2nd.
3月2日
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20. Goal: To read the following.
Guess
三月二日
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21. March 2nd.
三月二日
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22. Recognize Any Characters?
九月九日忆山东兄弟
The above is from: http://baike.baidu.com/view/104822.html
一二三四五六七八九十
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23. Part of a Date and
Numbers 1 to 10
九月九日忆山东兄弟
Sept.9th.
一二三四五六七八九十
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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24. Actual date from the Ming Pao web site.
2010 年 9 月 27 日
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25. Actual date from the Ming Pao web site.
Arabic numbers are often used in Chinese dates
because they are easier to type, and people
recognize them.
2010 年 9 月 27 日
September 27, 2010
Exercise: search for the Ming Pao web site.
Then find and translate the date:
http://www.mingpao.com/
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