<p>think carefully before you "tattoo".</p>

<p>4th august 2016 in lunar calendar is: 丙申歲七月初二</p>

<p>the 4714 is based on "黃帝紀元", a <strong>dubious</strong> "calendar system"; which used 2698 bc as the starting.</p>

<p>as i remembered, i never read any info about it in literatures of yore.</p>

<p>according to the wiki, it was created in 1903. how authentic, and acceptable is in doubt.</p>

<p><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E9%BB%84%E5%B8%9D%E7%BA%AA%E5%85%83" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/黄帝纪元</a></p>

<p>if you insist, the above mentioned date in this style is:</p>

<p>黃帝紀元四千七百一十四年七月初二</p>

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水巷孑蠻
<p><a href="http://www.wannianli.net/2016/2016-8-4.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wannianli.net</a> gives:</p>

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  <p>二0一六年七月初二日</p>
</blockquote>

<p>(and also: 丙申年乙未月戊午日)</p>

<p>which marks it as 2016 and not 4714, if you really want to write 4714 then you could do something like：</p>

<ul>
<li>四七一四年七月初二日</li>
</ul>

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Mou某
<p>My grandpa’s death anniversary is August 4, 2016 and I looked it up to be the 7th month, 2nd day of year 4714  in the lunar calendar. Can someone translate this to the correct way of writing it in Chinese? I want to get it tattooed on but I want to make sure it is correct. </p>

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what does 4714 mean?
dan
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How to write 7th month, 2nd day of year 4714 in lunar calendar?
# How to write 7th month, 2nd day of year 4714 in lunar calendar?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-13)

My grandpa’s death anniversary is August 4, 2016 and I looked it up to be the 7th month, 2nd day of year 4714 in the lunar calendar. Can someone translate this to the correct way of writing it in Chinese? I want to get it tattooed on but I want to make sure it is correct.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: what does 4714 mean?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-13. Score: 4

think carefully before you "tattoo".

4th august 2016 in lunar calendar is: 丙申歲七月初二

the 4714 is based on "黃帝紀元", a **dubious** "calendar system"; which used 2698 bc as the starting.

as i remembered, i never read any info about it in literatures of yore.

according to the wiki, it was created in 1903. how authentic, and acceptable is in doubt.

[https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/黄帝纪元](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E9%BB%84%E5%B8%9D%E7%BA%AA%E5%85%83)

if you insist, the above mentioned date in this style is:

黃帝紀元四千七百一十四年七月初二


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-07-13. Score: 0

[Wannianli.net](http://www.wannianli.net/2016/2016-8-4.html) gives:

> 二0一六年七月初二日

(and also: 丙申年乙未月戊午日)

which marks it as 2016 and not 4714, if you really want to write 4714 then you could do something like：

* 四七一四年七月初二日


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