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LESSON 5 · HSK 3.0
现在几点
What Time Is It? — Tell the time and talk about parts of the day
20 words
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Vocabulary 词汇
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xiànzài 现在
now
diǎn 点
o'clock
fēn 分
divide / minute
bàn 半
half
xiǎoshí 小时
hour
shíjiān 时间
time
shíhou 时候
time / moment
shàngwǔ 上午
morning (AM)
xiàwǔ 下午
afternoon
zhōngwǔ 中午
noon
zǎoshang 早上
morning
wǎnshang 晚上
evening / night
白天
zǎo 早
early / morning
wǎn 晚
late / evening
半天
yīhuìr 一会儿
a moment, a while
děng 等
to wait
dào 到
to / arrive
zài 在
at / in / exist
Dot: green = known, gold = learning, none = new
Grammar 语法
Clock time: 点 + 分 / 半
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点 is the hour, 分 the minutes. 半 is half past: 八点半 = 8:30. 2 o'clock is 两点, not 二点.
Part of day before the clock time
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Chinese goes from big to small: part of the day first, then the hour. 下午三点 = 3 p.m.
什么时候 — when?
？— 。
什么时候 asks 'when'. Like all question words it stays where the answer goes: the time slot before the verb.
Sentences 句子
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What time is it now?
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It's half past eight.
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I get up at seven in the morning.
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He arrives at 2:50 in the afternoon.
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When are you free?
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Please wait a moment.
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I waited for you for half an hour!
Dialogue 对话
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What time is it now?
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Eleven forty.
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Are you free at noon? Let's eat together.
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Sure. When shall we go?
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At twelve. Wait for me a bit.
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OK, I'll wait for you.