{"id":12955,"date":"2019-11-16T02:04:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T02:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-literature-2\/talk-about-time-in-chinese-tan-lun-shi-jian\/"},"modified":"2019-11-16T02:04:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T02:04:11","slug":"talk-about-time-in-chinese-tan-lun-shi-jian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/talk-about-time-in-chinese-tan-lun-shi-jian\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk about TIME in Chinese \u8c08\u8bba\u65f6\u95f4"},"content":{"rendered":"
—Learn Chinese a<\/em>bout TIME \u4e2d\u6587\u65f6\u95f4—
I. Review Chinese numbers:<\/p>\n

 
1 = \u4e00\u3000y\u012b
2 = \u4e8c\u3000èr
3 = \u4e09\u3000s\u0101n
4 = \u56db\u3000sì
5 = \u4e94\u3000w\u016d
6 = \u516d\u3000lìu
7 = \u4e03\u3000q\u012b
8 = \u516b\u3000b\u0101
9 = \u4e5d\u3000j\u012du
10 = \u5341\u3000shí
20 = \u4e8c\u5341 èr shí
30 = \u4e09\u5341 s\u0101n shí
40 = \u56db\u5341 sì shí
50 = \u4e94\u5341 w\u016d shí
60 = \u516d\u5341 lìu shí<\/p>\n

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II. Relating characters for time:
o’clock (di\u01cen\u70b9) – 9:00 (ji\u01d4 di\u01cen \u4e5d\u70b9)
half = 30 minutes (bàn\u534a) – 7:30 (q\u012b di\u01cen bàn \u4e03\u70b9\u534a)
minute (f\u0113n\u5206) – 3:56 (s\u0101n di\u01cen w\u01d4 shí liù f\u0113n\u4e09\u70b9\u4e94\u5341\u516d\u5206)<\/p>\n

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III. Ask time in Chinese with an easy ex<\/em>pression:
–What time do you …? (N\u01d0 j\u01d0 di\u01cen …? \u4f60\u51e0\u70b9…)
   \u4f60\u51e0\u70b9\u8d77\u5e8a\uff1f
   N\u01d0 j\u01d0di\u01cen q\u01d0chuáng?
   What time do you GET UP?
–\u4f60\u51e0\u70b9\u5403\u65e9\u996d\uff1f
   N\u01d0 j\u01d0di\u01cen ch\u012b z\u01ceofàn?
   What time do you HAVE BREAKFAST?
–\u4f60\u51e0\u70b9\u4e0a\u5b66\uff1f
   N\u01d0 j\u01d0di\u01cen shàngxué?
   What time do you GO TO SCHOOL?
–\u4f60\u51e0\u70b9\u56de\u5bb6\uff1f
   N\u01d0 j\u01d0di\u01cen huíji\u0101?
   What time do you GO HOME?
–\u4f60\u51e0\u70b9\u7761\u89c9\uff1f
   N\u01d0 j\u01d0di\u01cen shuìjiào?
   What time do you GO TO BED?
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