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Learn Chinese 10 : What time is it now?
| Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. Each sentence follows this pattern : Pinyin (that's Chinese written in Latin characters), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and the English translation of the sentence.
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| Xiànzài bā diǎnzhōng. |
| 现在八点钟。 |
| 現在八點鐘。
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| It is eight o'clock now. |
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| John dào gōngsī qù shàngbān. |
| John到公司去上班。 |
| John 到公司去上班。
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| John is going to (his) company to work. |
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| Tā měitiān bā diǎn chūmén. |
| 他每天八点出门。 |
| 他每天八點出門。
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| He leaves home at eight every day. |
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| Bā diǎn bàn dào gōngsī. |
| 八点半到公司。 |
| 八點半到公司。
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| (He) arrives in the company at half past eight. |
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| Shàngwǔ tā zài gōngsī gōngzuò. |
| 上午他在办公室工作。 |
| 上午他在辦公室工作。
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| He works in (his) office in the morning. |
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| Xiàwǔ tā gēn biéde gōngsī dǎ diànhuà, tán shēngyi. |
| 下午他跟别的公司打电话﹐谈生意。 |
| 下午他跟別的公司打電話﹐談生意。
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| In the afternoon, he calls other companies and discusses business. |
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| 7. |
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| Tā wǔ diǎn xiàbān. |
| 他五点下班。 |
| 他五點下班。
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| He finishes work at five o'clock. |
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| Wǔ diǎn bàn tā líkāi bàngōngshì. |
| 五点半他离开办公室。 |
| 五點半他離開辦公室。
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| At half past five, he leaves the office. |
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| 9. |
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| Liù diǎn huí dào jiā. |
| 六点回到家。 |
| 六點回到家。
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| At six o'clock, he arrives home. |
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| 10. |
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| Tā měitiān dōu hěn máng. |
| 他每天都很忙。 |
| 他每天都很忙。
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| He is very busy every day. |
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| Notes |
- 8 o'clock: bā
dian3zhōng or bā
diǎn. 'zhōng'
is optional.
- 'dào'
means 'to arrive'. It is both a verb and a preposition. It is a verb in
'dào bàngōngshī'.
It is a preposition in 'huí
dào jiā'.
'huí' literally means 'to
return'.
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