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    This document provides instructions for telling time in Mandarin Chinese. It discusses: - The Chinese time system uses a 12-hour clock with words like "morning", "afternoon", and "evening" used to specify if a time is in the morning, afternoon, or evening. - To tell the time, you say the hour followed by "diǎn" for o'clock, add "bàn" for half past, or say the minute after the hour. For example, "wǔ diǎn èr shí yī" means "five twenty-one". - Times can also be specified as "a quarter" past or until the hour

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    This document provides instructions for telling time in Mandarin Chinese. It discusses: - The Chinese time system uses a 12-hour clock with words like "morning", "afternoon", and "evening" used to specify if a time is in the morning, afternoon, or evening. - To tell the time, you say the hour followed by "diǎn" for o'clock, add "bàn" for half past, or say the minute after the hour. For example, "wǔ diǎn èr shí yī" means "five twenty-one". - Times can also be specified as "a quarter" past or until the hour

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    This document provides instructions for telling time in Mandarin Chinese. It discusses: - The Chinese time system uses a 12-hour clock with words like "morning", "afternoon", and "evening" used to specify if a time is in the morning, afternoon, or evening. - To tell the time, you say the hour followed by "diǎn" for o'clock, add "bàn" for half past, or say the minute after the hour. For example, "wǔ diǎn èr shí yī" means "five twenty-one". - Times can also be specified as "a quarter" past or until the hour

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    TELLING THE TIME

    IN MANDARIN
    LESSON VII
    Learning Objectives:
    • Described how to pick up the phone

    • Explained cell phone language

    • Identify the difference between leisure and business


    talk

    • Discussed how to deal with answering machine and


    voicemail
    ◦ The Chinese time system is easy and straightforward – once you
    have known your way around numbers, you just need to learn a few
    more vocabulary words to be able to tell the time in Chinese.
    ◦ Uses a 12-hour time system.
    ◦ Words like “morning”, “afternoon” or “evening” are frequently
    used with the time itself in daily time expressions.
    ◦ To tell the time in Chinese, you have to not only be able to
    pronounce the hours and minutes correctly but also know the basics
    of Chinese time vocabulary.
    Chinese Pinyin English
    点 diǎn o’clock
    分 fēn minute (on the clock)
    半 bàn half
    刻 kè quarter
    现在 xiànzài now
    早上 zǎoshang (early) morning
    上午 shàngwǔ (late) morning
    中午 zhōngwǔ midday
    下午 xiàwǔ afternoon
    晚上 wǎnshang evening/night
    Formula in Telling Time
    ◦ 现在是 + time
    Xiànzài shì + time
    Literally, “Now is … (time)

    ◦ ” To say a time on the hour in Chinese (like two o’clock or six o’clock), say the number corresponding
    to the hour first, then add the word 点 (diǎn) – “o’clock” to it.
    ◦ Example:
    ◦ 现在 ( 是 ) 一点 – It’s one o’clock. Xiànzài (shì ) yī diǎn
    ◦ 现在 ( 是 ) 两点 – It’s two o’clock. Xiànzài (shì) liǎng diǎn
    Half/ Past the hour
    ◦ To say half past the hour in Chinese, use the word 半 (bàn) – meaning “half” – after the time on
    the hour.
    ◦ Format: number of the hour + 点 (diǎn) + 半 (bàn)
    ◦ For example,

    ◦ 现在 ( 是 ) 三点半 – It’s half past three. Xiànzài (shì) sān diǎn bàn
    ◦
    现在 ( 是 ) 六点半 – It’s half past six. Xiànzài (shì) liù diǎn bàn
    The exact time (Hour + Minute)
    ◦ The structure of hour + minutes in Chinese is quite simple – you say the time on the hour
    first, then say the number corresponding to the minute.
    ◦ Format: number of the hour + 点 (diǎn) + number of the minute. As always, you can
    start by saying 现在是 (Xiànzài shì) or 现在 (Xiànzài) before the time.
    ◦ For example, if you want to say that its 5:21, you’ll say:
    现在 ( 是 ) 五点二十一
    Xiànzài (shì) wǔ diǎn èr shí yī
    ◦ Literally, “Now (is) five o’clock twenty-one”
    The exact time (Hour + Minute)
    ◦ Thus, the same as in English, there are two ways that you can use to indicate half hours and
    quarter hours in Chinese.

    ◦ If it’s 8:15, you can say


    ◦ 现在 ( 是 ) 八点一刻 – It’s a quarter past eight. (eight o’clock a quarter) Xiànzài (shì) bā diǎn yí kè
    ◦ 现在 ( 是 ) 八点十五 – It’s eight fifteen. (eight o’clock fifteen) Xiànzài (shì) bā diǎn shí wǔ
    ◦ If it’s 8:30, you can say
    ◦ 现在 ( 是 ) 八点半 – It’s half past eight. (eight o’clock half) Xiànzài (shì) bā diǎn bàn
    ◦ 现在 ( 是 ) 八点三十 – It’s eight thirty. (eight o’clock thirty) Xiànzài (shì) bā diǎn sān shí
    Saying the Time of the Day in Chinese: Morning,
    Afternoon, or Evening?

    China, like the United States, uses the 12-hour clock.


    So you can use 五点 (“five o’clock”) to refer to the time
    of morning and afternoon. To clarify whether it’s five in
    the morning or five in the afternoon, you’ll need to use
    some extra time words.
    In Chinese, there is no a.m. or p.m. Instead, you add
    either 早 上 (zǎoshang) – “early morning”, 上 午
    (shàngwǔ) – “late morning”, 中午 (zhōngwǔ) – “midday”,
    下 午 (xiàwǔ) – “afternoon”, or 晚 上 (wǎnshang) –
    “evening/night”, before the time on the 12-hour clock to
    distinguish the time of the day.

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