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Lesson 28
How to say “year” in Chinese? (B)

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.

6. They married in the year 2000.
他tā-们men是shì2èr-0líng-0líng-0líng年nián结jié-婚hūn的de。
7. How old are you?
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你nǐ多duō大dà年nián-纪jì?
8. I’m sixty-four years old.
我wǒ6liù-shí-4sì岁suì了le。
9. How old is your grandson ?
你nǐ-的de孙sūn-子zi多duō大dà?
10. He is three years old.
他tā3sān岁suì了le。