Why is there no February 29th this year？
February 29th is a leap day (闰日rùn rì）, but 2023 is not a leap year（闰年rùn nián）. So February has only 28 days in 2023. The last leap day was February 29, 2020. And the next one is February 29, 2024.We use leap years to keep our calendar in sync with the seasons. Do you know what is a leap year? How often do they occur? Let’s check out those answers together !
What is a leap year?
Leap years are years where an extra day is added to the end of the shortest month, February. This so-called intercalary day, February 29th（二月二十九日， èr yuè èr shí jiǔ rì）, is commonly referred to as leap day. Leap years have 366 days instead of the usual 365 days and occur almost every four years. In other words, leap days keep our calendar in alignment with Earth’s revolutions around the Sun.
How to say “a leap day” in Chinese?
rùn rì
闰日
a leap day.
èr yuè èr shí jiǔ rì shì rùn rì
二月二十九日是闰日。
Feb. 29th is an intercalary day.
rùn nián
闰年
a leap year
sì nián yí rùn
四年一闰
A leap year occurs once every four year.
How to describe other dates in Chinese?
yī yuè
一月
January
èr yuè
二月
February
sān yuè
三月
March
sì yuè
四月
April
wǔ yuè
五月
May
liù yuè
六月
June
qī yuè
七月
July
bā yuè
八月
August
jiǔ yuè
九月
September
shí yuè
十月
October
shí yī yuè
十一月
November
shí èr yuè
十二月
December
Wǒ de shēng rì shì yī jiǔ jiǔ bā nián èr yuè èr shí jiǔ rì.
我的生日是一九九八年二月二十九日。
My birthday is February 29th, 1998.
Yú rén jié shì sì yuè yī rì.
愚人节是四月一日。
April Fool’s Day is April 1st.
Míng tiān shì èr yuè èr shí bā rì.
明天是二月二十八日。
Tomorrow is February 28th.
When is your birthday？Do you know how to introduce your birthday in Chinese ？
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