A1 · Grammar reference · ASGN6BBU
Structure of times (basic)
Time in Chinese, just like in English, is expressed by stating the hour first, and then the minute (big to small).
- Keywords
- 点 · 点钟
- Used for
- Expressing time and date
- Classification
- Numbers · HSK1 · HSK3
Examples (12)
九点
上午七点。
下午四点。
中午十二点
明天晚上七点
9月9号早上六点。
星期三上午九点。
五点半
下午两点半
星期天上午十点半。
昨天晚上七点半
今天下午四点半。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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