‘七月’ literally means ‘seven month’ and is th

四季 literally means 'four seasons' and refers col

夏天 (xià tiān) literally means 'summer day' but

每天 (měi tiān) literally combines 每 (měi), me

‘明天’ literally combines ‘明’ (bright, clear)

'Today' is a compound noun formed from two charact

过去 (guò qù) primarily means 'the past' as a no

现代 (xiàn dài) literally means 'present generat

'现在' (xiàn zài) literally combines 现 (xiàn),

二百 (èr bǎi) is a numeral meaning 'two hundred'

第二 (dì èr) is the Chinese ordinal numeral mean

‘二人’ literally combines the numeral ‘二’ (è

‘二月’ (èr yuè) is the Chinese name for the se

二十 (èr shí) is the Chinese numeral for 'twenty

‘公里’ (gōng lǐ) is the standard Chinese unit

‘三岁’ literally combines the numeral ‘三’ (s

Three days (sān tiān) is a compound noun formed

‘三月’ literally means ‘three month’ and is th

数十 (shù shí) is a numeral phrase meaning 'doze

十月 literally means 'ten month' and is the standa

‘十几’ is a Chinese numeral expression meaning '

‘十岁’ literally means ‘ten years’ and is used

学期 (xué qī) literally combines 学 (xué), mean

多数 (duō shù) literally combines 多 (duō, 'man

‘多少’ (duō shǎo) is a pronoun meaning ‘how m

‘事后’ literally combines 事 (shì, 'matter' or

Later (hòulái) is an adverb meaning 'afterwards'

以后 (yǐhòu) literally combines 以 (yǐ, 'by' or

过年 (guò nián) literally means 'to pass the yea

'Three years' is a compound numeral-noun phrase fo

每年 (měi nián) means 'every year' and functions

‘明年’ literally combines ‘明’ (míng), meanin

'去年' (qù nián) literally combines '去' (qù),

今年 literally means 'this year' and is composed o

分数 (fēn shù) is a noun meaning either 'score'

‘分钟’ (fēn zhōng) is the standard Chinese wor

'生日' literally combines '生' (shēng), meaning '

'Jiāng lái' literally combines 'jiāng' (about t

'有时' (yǒu shí) is an adverb meaning 'sometimes

时代 (shí dài) means 'era' or 'age'—a long, his