How to Write the Date in Traditional Chinese: Free PDF and Flashcards

Writing the date in Traditional Chinese isn’t just a translation puzzle – it’s a cultural handshake. The year comes first, the month sits in the middle, and the day ends the sequence, but the way you label weekdays or drop in a date on a form can still trip you up if you’ve never seen the patterns laid out clearly. This collection pulls together around 100 date-related words, characters, and practical formats you’ll use in messages, forms, and everyday scribbles.

Every entry gives you a straightforward meaning and a natural example sentence, so you see exactly how the date phrase behaves in real Traditional Chinese – not just a textbook chart you’ll forget by tomorrow. Whether you’re filling in a schedule, writing a birthday note, or just trying to read a sign without freezing, these are the expressions that do the heavy lifting.

Ready to make dates in Traditional Chinese feel less like a mystery and more like a neat little language win? Scroll to the bottom of the article for the free printable write the date in traditional chinese vocabulary list PDF and the free downloadable printable write the date in traditional chinese flashcards.

Use this list as a starting point, then keep going in the Yak Yacker Traditional Chinese section for more words, phrases, and study-friendly reference pages.

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Word / Phrase	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
打算	dǎsuàn	Other	to plan
打開	dǎkāi	Other	to open up
把	bǎ	Preposition	indicating pre-verbal object as thing dealt with by the action
抱	bào	Other	to hug, to embrace, to hold or carry in one's arms
搬	bān	Other	to move
擦	cā	Other	to rub, to wipe, to clean
春天	chūntiān	Other	spring, springtime
本	běn	Other	Individual measure word for books or magazines, etc.
本子	běnzi	Other	book, notebook, edition
杯	bēi	Other	A cup of
杯子	bēizi	Other	cup
棒	bàng	Other	good; fine; excellent, great!
棒球	bàngqiú	Other	baseball
次	cì	Other	Measure word for the number of repetitions in a given period of time
比	bǐ	Preposition	to compare; compared to, than
比較	bǐjiào	Adverb	comparatively; to compare
爸爸	bàba	Other	father
猜	cāi	Other	guess, suspect
班	bān	Other	Measure word for a group of organized people.
病	bìng	Other	illness, disease
病人	bìngrén	Other	patient
白	bái	Other	white/ to be white
百	bǎi	Other	hundred
百貨公司	bǎihuògōngsī	Other	department store
矮	ǎi	Other	short (of stature ), low

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