How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Traditional Chinese words on “Time and calendar”. The full topic holds 140 in the KoKo app: 56 at the easy level, 49 at the medium level and 35 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Traditional Chinese vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Traditional Chinese vocabulary: time, days and months

The days of the week, the months, the seasons and telling the time in Traditional Chinese: everything you need to set a date or describe your day.

Here are 100 Traditional Chinese words on “Time and calendar”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

Traditional Chinese	English
八月	August
開端	beginning
世紀	century
日期	date
日	day
十二月	December
結尾	end
時代	era
天天	every day
小時	hour
剎那	instant
一月	January
六月	June
上星期	last week
三月	March
五月	May
中段	middle
月	month
早晨	morning
夜晚	nightPeriod of darkness, time for sleep
十一月	November
每天一次	once a day
過去	past
現今	present
星期六	Saturday
季節	season
秒	second
九月	September
夏天	summer
後天	the day after tomorrow
前天	the day before yesterday
今天早上	this morning
這星期	this week
時間	time
爭取時間	to save time
等待	to wait
今天晚上	tonight
兩次	twice
手錶	watch
年	year

Level 2: medium 35 words

Traditional Chinese	English
提前	advance
鬧鐘	alarm clock
約會	appointment
生日	birthday
日曆	calendar
節慶	celebration
黎明	dawn
前一天	day before
遲到	delay
記事本	diary
持續時間	duration
頻率	frequency
未來	future
假期	holidays
即刻的	immediate
連假	long weekend
分鐘	minute
星期一	Monday
國慶日	national day
新年	New Year
下星期	next week
明年	next year
常設的	permanent
一刻鐘	quarter of an hour
時刻表	schedule
臨時的	temporary
提早到	to arrive early
提前舉行	to bring forward
落後	to fall behind
持續	to last
星期二	Tuesday
星期三	Wednesday
每週的	weekly
冬天	winter
年度的	yearly

Level 3: hard 25 words

Traditional Chinese	English
嘉年華	carnival
年表	chronology
錶針	clock hand
倒數計時	countdown
十年	decade
沙漏	hourglass
每月的	monthly
國定假日	public holiday
守時的	punctual
守時	punctuality
半年	semester
同時的	simultaneous
時區	time zone
定時器	timer
恰好同時	to coincide
註明日期	to date
延誤	to delay
延長	to extend
接續	to follow on
順延	to postpone
先於	to precede
縮短	to shorten
緊急的	urgent
情人節	Valentine’s Day
週末	weekend

Mini quiz

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Traditional Chinese words on “Time and calendar”. The full topic holds 140 in the KoKo app: 56 at the easy level, 49 at the medium level and 35 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Traditional Chinese vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Traditional Chinese vocabulary on iPhone.