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The year 1776 is read as one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six or as one, seven, seven, six in Chinese. But the Chinese people don’t say the year as seventeen and seventy-six . . Besides, when talking about the age, the word “Year” has a different pronunciation as Sui.

1. In what year were you born?

你nǐ哪nǎ年nián出chū-生shēng的de？

2. I was born in 1948 .

我wǒ生shēng于yǘ1yī-9jiǔ-4sì-8bā年nián。

3. She was born in 1976 .

她tā生shēng于yǘ1yī-9jiǔ7qī-6liù年nián。

4. I came to the US in 1986.

我wǒ 1yī-9jiǔ-8bā-6liù年nián来lái美měi-国guó。

5. He went to China in 2003.

他tā 2èr- 0líng-0líng-3sān年nián去qǜ中zhōng-国guó了le。