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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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| John, ní hǎo! |
| John,你好﹗ |
| John, 你好﹗
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| Hello, John! |
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| Lǐ xiānsheng, ní hǎo! |
| 李先生﹐你好﹗ |
| 李先生﹐你好﹗
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| Hello, Mr. Li! |
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| Xiànzài jǐ diǎnzhōng? |
| 现在几点钟﹖ |
| 現在幾點鐘﹖
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| What time is it now? |
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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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| Nǐ dào nálǐ qù? |
| 你到哪里去﹖ |
| 你到哪裡去﹖
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| Where are you going? |
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| Wǒ dào gōngsī qù shàngbān. |
| 我到公司去上班。 |
| 我到公司去上班。
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| I am going to (my) company to work. |
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| Nǐ shénme shíhòu huí jiā? |
| 你什么时候回家﹖ |
| 你什麼時候回家﹖
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| When do you go home? |
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| Wǒ wǔ diǎn bàn huí jiā. |
| 我五点半回家。 |
| 我五點半回家。
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| I go home at half past five. |
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| Wǒmen jīntiān wǎnshàng xué Yīngwén, duì bu duì? |
| 我们今天晚上学英文﹐对不对﹖ |
| 我們今天晚上學英文﹐對不對﹖
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| We are going to learn English tonight, is it right? |
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| Duì, wǒmen wǎnshang qī diǎn jiàn, hǎo bu hǎo? |
| 对﹐我们晚上七点见﹐好不好﹖ |
| 對﹐我們晚上七點見﹐好不好﹖
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| Right. We'll meet at seven in the evening, is it OK? |
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| Hǎo, wǎnshàng jiàn. |
| 好﹐晚上见。 |
| 好﹐晚上見。
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| Good, see you in the evening. |
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| Notes |
- There is another example of 'dào':
dào gōngsī
qù (go to the company).
Note that the prepositional phrase is before the verb 'qù'.
- 'Nǐ
dào nálǐ
qù?' is not just a question.
It is also a greeting to your acquaintances. The response is 'Wǒ
dào...qù'.
This is a common greeting in Chinese.
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