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English Sentence:

The shortest day of the year is on December the 21st.

Chinese Translation (Traditional):

一年中白天最短的是十二月二十一日。

Chinese Translation (Simplified):

一年中白天最短的是十二月二十一日。

Pinyin:

yi4 nian2 zhong1 bai2 tian1 zui4 duan3 de5 shi4 shi2 er4 yue4 er4 shi2 yi1 ri4.

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Words used:

一一

yì

1. one, 1 (4th tone, used in Taiwan) 2. as soon as 3. each, every 4. single, alone 5. whole, entire, all, throughout 6. (indicating the intention to try)

Here: one, 1 (4th tone, Taiwanese pronunciation)

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年年

nián

1. year 2. age, a person's age 3. Nian (Chinese surname) 4. period of life 5. annual 6. period (in history) 7. New Year

Here: year

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中中

zhōng

1. in, within 2. centre 3. central 4. middle 5. (short for China) 6. (short for Chinese) 7. in the course of, during, -ing 8. (short for high school)

Here: in, within

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白天白天

bái tiān

daytime, during the day

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最最

zuì

most

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短短

duǎn

1. short 2. to lack 3. weak point, fault

Here: short

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的的

de

1. of (possessive particle) 2. (adjectival ending) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used to form a nominal expression)

Here: (adjectival ending)

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是是

shì

1. yes 2. to be (is, are, am, was, were) 3. (formal) that 4. (old) this, this thing 5. (particle emphasizing the word following it) 6. (particle showing agreement) 7. true, correct

Here: be (is, are, am)

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十二月
十二月

shí èr yuè

December

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二十一
二十一

èr shí yī

twenty-one, 21

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日日

rì

1. day 2. (formal) sun 3. Japan 4. Japanese

Here: day

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