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时间的表达

HSK 1Lesson 11
Telling the Time
结构Pattern
时间 (time)汉字 (hanzi)拼音 (pinyin)
8:008点bā diǎn
2:002点liǎng diǎn
9:309点30分jiǔ diǎn sānshí fēn
12:4512点45分shí'èr diǎn sìshíwǔ fēn
解释Explanation

说时间用"……点……分"。问时间用"几点":现在几点?两点说"两点",不说"二点"。

Hours are counted with 点 (o'clock) and minutes with 分: 8点15分 = bā diǎn shíwǔ fēn (8:15). To ask the time, say 现在几点? Note that 2 o'clock is 两点 liǎng diǎn, not 二点. On the hour you can stop after 点: 9点 (9:00).

例句Examples
  • 现在几点?
    Xiànzài jǐ diǎn?
    What time is it now?
  • 现在8点。
    Xiànzài bā diǎn.
    It's 8 o'clock.
  • 现在10点15分。
    Xiànzài shí diǎn shíwǔ fēn.
    It's 10:15.
  • 电影几点?
    Diànyǐng jǐ diǎn?
    What time is the film?
练习Practice

Tap chips to arrange them into a correct sentence. Translation: What time is it now?

Arrange the sentence0/2
(all chips placed — tap one in the answer to take it back)