Chinese Link Textbook: How To Tell Time in Chinese

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Chinese Lesson 10.2 时时 &时时 How to Tell the Time Joanne Chen IVC Chinese instructor

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Learn how to tell time in Chinese with Irvine Valley College students

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Chinese Lesson 10.2时间 & 几点

How to Tell the Time

Joanne ChenIVC Chinese instructor

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What time is it?

现在几点? xiàn zài jǐ diǎn? xiàn zài jǐ diǎn? xiàn zài .

现在几点?现在 _____

Diǎn 点 (o’clock)fēn 分 (minute)kè 刻 (a quarter)Chà 差 (lack, less)

9:00 九点9:08 九点八分9:15 九点一刻, 九点十五分9:30 九点三十分 九点半9:45 九点三刻, 九点四十五分9:58 九点五十八分 差两分十点10:00 十点

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Expressing A.M & P.M.Morning

zǎoshàng 早上shàngwǔ 上午Noon

zhōngwǔ 中午Afternoon

xiàwǔ 下午Evening (After Dark)

wǎnshàng 晚上

7:00 A.M.Zǎoshàng qīdiǎn 11:45 A.M.zhōngwǔ shíyī diǎn

sìshíwǔ fēn2:30 P.M.xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn bàn5:50 P.Mxiàwǔ wǔ diǎn wǔshí fēn8:30 P.M.wǎnshàng bā diǎn bàn

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Expressing day and year:The day before yesterday

qiántiān 前天Yesterday

zuótiān 昨天Today

jīntiān 今天Tomorrow

míngtiān 明天The day after tomorrow

hòutiān 后天

Year before last year

qiánnián 前年Last year

qùnián 去年This year

jīnnián 今年Next year

míngnián 明年Year after next year

Hòunián 后年

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Expressing days of the weekMonday

xīngqí yī 星期一Tuesday

xīngqí èr 星期二Wednesday

xīngqí sān 星期三Thursday

xīngqí sì 星期四

Friday

xīngqí wǔ 星期五Saturday

xīngqí liù 星期六Sunday

xīngqí rì 星期日xīngqí tiān 星期天

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Expressing months and daysJanuary 一月 yī yuè February 二月 èr yuèMarch 三月 sān yuèApril 四月 sì yuèMay 五月 wǔ yuè June 六月 Liù yuè

July 七月 qī yuèAugust 八月 bā yuèSeptember 九月 jiǔ yuèOctober 十月 shí yuèNovember 十一月 shíyī yuèDecember 十二月 shíèr yuè

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What day is today?今天是几月几号?

今天是五月三十号。

Say the dates:

Oct 25March 30July 15

今天星期几? 今天星期二。

Say the weekdays

MondayFriday Sunday

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Telling Time10:20 A. M., 8th July, 2003.二〇〇三年七月八日上午十点二十分。

Practice to read the time in Chinese :1) 7:38 P.M. 26th Oct, 1995.

2) 4:45 P.M. 12th Nov, 2005.

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Asking Questions 1) Asking the time

现在几点?2) Asking the month and day

今天是几月几号?3) Asking the weekday

今天星期几?4) Asking the year

今年是哪一年?5) Asking when?

你什么时候学中文?