{"id":16245,"date":"2019-11-07T14:33:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/teaching-examination\/lesson-025-time-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:33:25","slug":"lesson-025-time-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-025-time-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 025 Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \t<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/res.hjfile.cn\/pt\/vendor\/hjplayer.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>HJPlayer.init(\"hjptype=song&player=1&son=https:\/\/f1.w.hjfile.cn\/file\/201107\/lesson025.MP3&autoplay=no&caption=false&lrc=&autoreplay=1&bgcolor=FFFFFF&width=200&height=20\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>  \tCam: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio, I&rsquo;m Cam. \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d, Yajie.<br \/>  \tYajie:\u65e9\u4e0a\u597d(z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo), Cam. Last week we learned holiday greetings and also how to wish somebody a happy birthday. Let&rsquo;s have a quick review, ok?<br \/>  \tCam: Ok. Happy Birthday is\u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50(zh&ugrave; n\u01d0 sh\u0113ng r&igrave; ku&agrave;i l&egrave;).<br \/>  \tYajie: And how do you say &ldquo;I wish you good health!&rdquo; in Chinese?<br \/>  \tCam: Well, it&rsquo;s\u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\uff01(zh&ugrave; n\u01d0 sh\u0113nt\u01d0 ji&agrave;nk\u0101ng).<br \/>  \tYajie: And what about &ldquo;All the best&rdquo;?<br \/>  \tCam: \u795d\u4f60\u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f! (zh&ugrave; n\u01d0 w&agrave;n sh&igrave; r&uacute;y&igrave;!)<br \/>  \tYajie: Well, this week we&rsquo;ll learn words about time. Let&rsquo;s check our key words of the day!<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Key words of the day:<br \/>  \t<\/strong>\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f\u516d\u70b9\u534a\u3002All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1fWhat time is it now?<br \/>  \tCam: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u73b0\u5728 means now.<br \/>  \tCam: \u73b0\u5728(xianzai)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u51e0 is a question word meaning how many, or what? \u51e0, j-i, the third tone.<br \/>  \tCam: \u51e0 (ji)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u51e0\u70b9 together means what time?<br \/>  \tCam: \u51e0\u70b9 (ji dian)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)<br \/>  \tCam: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversations<\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: From the conversations you can see that there is &ldquo;\u8bf7\u95ee&rdquo; in the question. As we said before \u8bf7\u95ee shows the politeness in asking a question.&nbsp; It means, &ldquo;May I ask&hellip;&rdquo;<br \/>  \tCam: \u8bf7\u95ee (qing wen).<br \/>  \tYajie: \u8bf7\u95ee\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(qing wen xianzai ji dian?)<br \/>  \tCam: \u8bf7\u95ee\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(qing wen xianzai ji dian?<br \/>  \tYajie: \u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86\u3002<br \/>  \tCam: What does that mean?<br \/>  \tYajie: It means nearly eight o&rsquo;clock. Here\u5feb le means nearly. \u5feb, k-u-a-i, the fourth tone.<br \/>  \tCam: \u5feb (kuai).<br \/>  \tYajie: \u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86(kuai ba dian le).<br \/>  \tCam: \u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86(kuai ba dian le).<br \/>  \tConversations:<\/p>\n<p>  \t****************Key words Reminder<br \/>  \t\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f \u516d\u70b9\u534a\u3002All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<br \/>  \t*****************<\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: Well, there is another way of asking the time. It&rsquo;s \u60a8\u77e5\u9053\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\u4e86\u5417\uff1fIt means &ldquo;Do you know what time it is now?&rdquo;<br \/>  \tCam: \u60a8\u77e5\u9053\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\u4e86\u5417\uff1f(nin zhi dao xianzai ji dian le me)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u77e5\u9053means know. \u77e5, zhi, the first tone, and \u9053, dao, the fourth tone. Together it&rsquo;s \u77e5\u9053 (zhidao).<br \/>  \tCam: \u77e5\u9053 (zhidao). \u60a8 is the polite form of \u4f60 (ni), right?<br \/>  \tYajie: Right. And \u5417 is a question mark.<br \/>  \tCam: \u5417<br \/>  \tYajie: \u60a8\u77e5\u9053\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\u4e86\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  \tCam: \u60a8\u77e5\u9053\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\u4e86\u5417\uff1f (nin zhidao xianzai ji dian le ma)<br \/>  \tYajie: Good.<br \/>  \tCam: Yajie, how do you say half past eight in Chinese?<br \/>  \tYajie:. First, do you still remember how to say 30 in Chinese?<br \/>  \tCam: Yes, it&rsquo;s san shi.<br \/>  \tYajie: So, 8:30 is ba dian san shi fen.<br \/>  \tCam: ba dian san shi fen.<br \/>  \tYajie: Exactly. But you could also say, Ba Dian Ban. Ban means half. So 8:30 is half way to 9.<br \/>  \tCam: Ba Dian Ban. How do I get more exact time, such as: 8:17<br \/>  \tYajie: Again, Cam, how do you say 17 in Chinese?<br \/>  \tCam: Shi qi.<br \/>  \tYajie: Good, so 8:17 is ba dian shi qi fen. Here I want to tell you that &ldquo;fen&rdquo; means minute in Chinese. How do you say 10:15?<br \/>  \tCam: it&rsquo;s shi dian shi wu fen.<br \/>  \tYajie: Right, but you can also say Shi dian yi ke. Yi ke means a quarter , but it can only be used in when referring to time.<\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: That&rsquo;s all for today. Now if you need to ask for the time in Chinese, you will know how to do it!&nbsp; You can also win a CRI gift by answering today&rsquo;s question of the day: How do you say half past eight in Chinese?<br \/>  \tCam: That should be easy! Just make a sentence. You can send us questions or comments to Chinese@crifm.com.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s Chinese@crifm.com.&nbsp; Or you can visit us on our website at en.chinabroadcast.cn. Click learn Chinese, where you can enjoy other free Chinese-learning programs.<br \/>  \tYajie: Well class is over. \u518d\u89c1!<br \/>  \tCam: \u518d\u89c1!<\/p>\n<p>  \t(Written by Zhao Pingping)<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1384437153\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio, I&rsquo;m Cam. \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d, Yajie.<br \/>\n  \tYajie:\u65e9\u4e0a\u597d(z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo), Cam. Last week we learned holiday greetings and also how to wish somebody a happy birthday. Let&rsquo;s have a quick review, ok?<br \/>\n  \tCam: Ok. Happy Birthday is\u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50(zh&ugrave; n\u01d0 sh\u0113ng r&igrave; ku&agrave;i l&egrave;).<br \/>\n  \tYajie: And how do you say &ldquo;I wish you good health!&rdquo; in Chinese?<br \/>\n  \tCam: Well, it&rsquo;s\u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\uff01(zh&ugrave; n\u01d0 sh\u0113nt\u01d0 ji&agrave;nk\u0101ng).<br \/>\n  \tYajie: And what about &ldquo;All the best&rdquo;?<br \/>\n  \tCam: \u795d\u4f60\u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f! (zh&ugrave; n\u01d0 w&agrave;n sh&igrave; r&uacute;y&igrave;!)<br \/>\n  \tYajie: Well, this week we&rsquo;ll learn words about time. 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