| Do you know 1 to 12 in Chinese? Well congratulations, you inadvertently also know the months in Chinese. Similarly to days of the week, months work the same we simply need to learn one word: 月 yuè (Month) So, can you guess how to say April in Chinese: sì yuè 四月 – literally translating to 4th month. Super simple!  Here is the full list of months of the year in Chinese: yīyuè 一月 (January) èryuè 二月 (February) sānyuè 三月 (March) sìyuè 四月 (April) wŭyuè 五月(May) liùyuè 六月 (June) qīyuè 七月 (July) bāyuè 八月 (August) jiŭyuè 九月 (September) shíyuè 十月 (October) shíyīyuè 十一月 (November) shíèryuè 十二月 (December) The Clock Clock in Chinese is 时钟 shí zhōng. Telling the time is pretty simple in Chinese, again the numbers are the key, the other vocabulary provide nothing too taxing. The keywords are: 点 diǎn and 半 bàn. The former actually means point, but it is used to express O’Clock. The latter means half. Let’s see them in action. 一点 yī diǎn (1 O’Clock) 七点 qī diǎn (7 O’Clock) 九点 jiǔ diǎn (9 O’Clock) 十二点 shí’èr diǎn (12 O’Clock) 两点半 liǎng diǎn bàn (Half Past 1) 十点半 shí diǎn bàn (Half Past 10) It’s simply a case of number + 点 or 半 = end result! OK, time to move onto other times the clock will show: 十点十分钟 shí diǎn shí fēnzhōng (10 Past 10 / 10:10) 十一点二十五分钟 shíyī diǎn èrshíwǔ fēnzhōng (25 Past 11 / 11:25) 三点四十分钟 sān diǎn sìshí fēnzhōng (40 Minutes Past 3 / 3:40) A quarter can be defined using 刻 kè so 4:15 can be stated using two methods: 四点一刻 sì diǎn yī kè 四点十五分钟 sì diǎn shíwǔ fēnzhōng Now for more very handy words for telling the time in Chinese. 小时 xiǎo shí (Hour) 分钟 fēn zhōng (Minute) 秒 miǎo (Second) 早上 zǎo shang (Morning) 中午 zhōng wǔ (Noon) 下午 xià wǔ (Afternoon) 晚上 wǎn shàng (Evening) 半夜 Bàn yè (Midnight) Useful Phrases So, we can tell the time in Chinese, we know the days in Chinese, and the months in Chinese. All great progress. Now let’s move onto some useful phrases that might come in handy for you, all related to time. 现在几点 ? xiànzài jǐ diǎn? - What’s the time? 我早上7点起床. wǒ zǎoshang 7 diǎn qǐchuáng. - I wake up at 7am. 我在下午4点下班. wǒ zài xiàwǔ 4 diǎn xiàbān. - I finish work at 4pm. 对不起，我迟到了. duìbùqǐ, wǒ chídàole. - Sorry, I am late. 请准时到达. qǐng zhǔnshí dàodá. - Please arrive on time. 不要迟到！bùyào chídào! - Don’t be late! 我们的航班在 _pm 出发. wǒmen de hángbān zài _pm chūfā. - Our flight departs at _pm. 我们的火车到达 _pm. wǒmen de huǒchē dàodá _pm. - Our train arrives at _pm. 什么时候是去中国的最佳时间？shénme shíhòu shì qù zhōngguó de zuì jiā shíjiān? - When is the best time to travel to China? |
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