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Cam: Perfect Chinese your way, in o<\/em>nly five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio, I’m Cam. \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d, Yajie.
Yajie: \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d(z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo), Cam. Last week we learned holiday greetings and also how to wish somebody a happy birthday. Let’s have a quick review, ok?
Cam: Ok. Happy Birthday is\u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50(zhù n\u01d0 sh\u0113ng rì kuài lè).
Yajie: And how do you say “I wish you good health!” in Chinese?
Cam: Well, it’s\u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\uff01(zhù n\u01d0 sh\u0113nt\u01d0 jiànk\u0101ng).
Yajie: And what a<\/em>bout “All the best”?
Cam: \u795d\u4f60\u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f! (zhù n\u01d0 wàn shì rúyì!)
Yajie: Well, this week we’ll learn words a<\/em>bout time. Let’s check our key words of the day!<\/p>\n

Key words of the day:
<\/strong>\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f\u516d\u70b9\u534a\u3002All in today’s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n

Yajie: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1fWhat time is it now?
Cam: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)
Yajie: \u73b0\u5728 means now.
Cam: \u73b0\u5728(xianzai)
Yajie: \u51e0 is a question word meaning how many, or what? \u51e0, j-i, the third tone.
Cam: \u51e0 (ji)
Yajie: \u51e0\u70b9 together means what time?
Cam: \u51e0\u70b9 (ji dian)
Yajie: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)
Cam: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)<\/p>\n

Conversations<\/p>\n

Yajie: From the co<\/em>nversations you can see that there is “\u8bf7\u95ee” in the question. As we said before \u8bf7\u95ee shows the politeness in asking a question.  It means, “May I ask…”
Cam: \u8bf7\u95ee (qing wen).
Yajie: \u8bf7\u95ee\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(qing wen xianzai ji dian?)
Cam: \u8bf7\u95ee\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(qing wen xianzai ji dian?
Yajie: \u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86\u3002
Cam: What does that mean?
Yajie: It means nearly eight o’clock. Here\u5feb le means nearly. \u5feb, k-u-a-i, the fourth tone.
Cam: \u5feb (kuai).
Yajie: \u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86(kuai ba dian le).
Cam: \u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86(kuai ba dian le).
Conversations:<\/p>\n

****************Key words Reminder
\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f \u516d\u70b9\u534a\u3002All in today’s Chinese Studio.
*****************<\/p>\n

Yajie: Well, there is another way of asking the time. It’s \u60a8\u77e5\u9053\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\u4e86\u5417\uff1fIt means “Do you know what time it is now?”
Cam: \u60a8\u77e5\u9053\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\u4e86\u5417\uff1f(nin zhi dao xianzai ji dian le me)
Yajie: \u77e5\u9053means know. \u77e5, zhi, the first tone, and \u9053, dao, the fourth tone. Together it’s \u77e5\u9053 (zhidao).
Cam: \u77e5\u9053 (zhidao). \u60a8 is the polite form of \u4f60 (ni), right?
Yajie: Right. And \u5417 is a question mark.
Cam: \u5417
Yajie: \u60a8\u77e5\u9053\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\u4e86\u5417\uff1f
Cam: \u60a8\u77e5\u9053\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\u4e86\u5417\uff1f (nin zhidao xianzai ji dian le ma)
Yajie: Good.
Cam: Yajie, how do you say half past eight in Chinese?
Yajie:. First, do you still remember how to say 30 in Chinese?
Cam: Yes, it’s san shi.
Yajie: So, 8:30 is ba dian san shi fen.
Cam: ba dian san shi fen.
Yajie: Exactly. But you could also say, Ba Dian Ban. Ban means half. So 8:30 is half way to 9.
Cam: Ba Dian Ban. How do I get more exact time, such as: 8:17
Yajie: Again, Cam, how do you say 17 in Chinese?
Cam: Shi qi.
Yajie: Good, so 8:17 is ba dian shi qi fen. Here I want to tell you that “fen” means minute in Chinese. How do you say 10:15?
Cam: it’s shi dian shi wu fen.
Yajie: Right, but you can also say Shi dian yi ke. Yi ke means a quarter , but it can o<\/em>nly be used in when referring to time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n