How To Tell The Time In Mandarin Chinese
Written byZoe Mei
One of most important thing in the chinese language is the time, the pronunciation and the writing time in Chinese language is quite difficult, but now we will learn all about the time in Chinese language
| English | Chinese Traditional | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| Second | 第二 / 秒 | dì èr / Miǎo |
| Minute | 分鐘 | fēn zhōng |
| Hour | 小时 / 鐘頭 | Xiǎo shí / Zhōng tóu |
| Day | 一天 | yī tiān |
| Week | 週 | zhōu |
| Month | 一個月 | yī gè yuè |
| Year | 一年 | yī nián |
| Morning | 上午 | Shàng wǔ |
| Afternoon | 下午 | Xià wǔ |
| Evening | 晚上 | Wǎn shàng |
| Night | 夜裡 | Yè lǐ |
What time is it? -(现在几点了?)-(xiàn zài jī diǎn le?)
| Time | Chinese | Pinyin |
| 2:30 | 二點半 | èr diǎn bàn |
| 2:15 | 一點一刻 | yī diǎn yī kè |
| 7:25 | 七四五 | qī sì wǔ |
| 2:20 | 二二零 | èr èr líng |
| 9:05 | 九五 | jiǔ wǔ |
| 1:00 | 一點鐘 | yī diǎn zhōng |
| 2:00 | 兩點鐘 | liǎng diǎn zhōng |
| 3:00 | 三點鐘 | sān diǎn zhōng |
Examples:
It's seven o'clock.
它的二點一刻
tā de èr diǎn yī kè
It's quarter to two.
這是一點鐘
zhè shì yī diǎn zhōng
It's twenty past six.
它的三時半
tā de sān shí bàn
It's twelve o'clock
它的十二點
tā de shí èr diǎn
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