TIME

时间
Shíjiān
词汇
Cíhuì
VOCABULARY
• o’clock ( 点 – diǎn)
• a quarter ( 刻 – kè)
• half ( 半 – bàn)
• be short of/to ( 差 – chà)
• second ( 秒 – miǎo)
• minute ( 分钟 – fēn zhōng)
• hour ( 小时 – xiǎo shí)
• day ( 天 – tiān/ 日 – rì)
• week ( 周 – zhōu/ 星期 – xīng qī)
• month ( 月 – yuè)
• year ( 年 – nián)
• early morning ( 早上 – zǎo
shàng)
• morning ( 上午 – shàng wǔ)
• noon ( 中午 – zhōng wǔ)
• afternoon ( 下午 – xià wǔ)
• evening ( 晚上 – wǎn shàng)
• night ( 夜里 – yè lǐ)
• midnight ( 半夜 – bàn yè)
• 2:00 AM ( 两点 早上– liǎng diǎn
zǎoshang)
• 12 NN ( 十二中午 ) – Shí'èr
Zhōngwǔ
• QUARTER TO SIX ( 六点一刻 –
liù diǎn yī kè) OR
• 5:45 AFTERNOON ( 五点四十五
分下午 )
-Wǔ diǎn sìshíwǔ fēn Xiàwǔ
• half past nine ( 九点半 – jiǔ diǎn
bàn)
• five to eleven ( 差五分十一点 –
chà wǔ fēn shí yī diǎn)
• 12 MN- 十二半夜 - Shí'èr bànyè
–
• 8:42 PM 八点四十二分晚上
• Bā diǎn sìshí'èr fēn wǎnshàng
Conversation 1 : What
time is it?
• 现在 xiànzài (n) now
• 点 diǎn (n) o'clock
• 了 le (part) a modal particle
• 差 chà (v) be short of
• 刻 kè (n) a quarter (of an
hour)
• What time is it?
• 现在 几 点 了 ?
• Xiànzài jǐ diǎnle?

• It’s quarter to 8
• 现在差一刻八点
• Xiànzài chà yīkè bā diǎn
Conversation 2 : What
time do you get up?

• 每 měi (adj) every

• 每天 měitiān (n) everyday
• 起 qǐ (v) to rise
• 床 chuáng(n) bed
• 起床 qǐchuáng (v) to get up
• 半 bàn (n) a half
• 上午 shàngwǔ (n) morning
• 课 kè(n) class, lesson
• 上课 shàngkè (v) attend class
• 开始 kāishǐ (v) begin
• What time you go to work
everyday?
• 每天你几点去上班工做 ?
• Měitiān nǐ Jǐ diǎn qù shàngbān
gōng zuò?

• I go to work everyday at 8:00 in

the morning (am)
• 每天我八点早上去上班工做
• Měitiān wǒ Bā diǎn zǎoshang
qù shàngbān gōng zuò
• What time you get up everyday?
• 你每天几点起床 ?
• Nǐ měitiān jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng?

• I get up everyday at around 9:00

in the morning (am).
• 我每天九点半早上起床
• Wǒ měitiān jiǔ diǎn bàn
zǎoshang qǐchuáng
• What your classes starts
everyday?
• 每天你的上课几点开始 ?
• Měitiān nǐ de shàngkè jǐ diǎn
kāishǐ?

Everyday my classes starts at 1:30

in the afternoon (pm).
每天我的上课一点半下午开始
Měitiān wǒ de shàngkè yīdiǎn bàn
xiàwǔ kāishǐ
THE END