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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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| Lǐ xiānsheng, xiànzài jǐ diǎn le? |
| 李先生﹐现在几点了﹖ |
| 李先生﹐現在幾點了﹖
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| Mr. Li, what time is it now? |
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| 2. |
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| Bā diǎn shí fēn. |
| 八点十分。 |
| 八點十分。
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| 8:10. |
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| 3. |
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| Wǒmen xué le yí ge xiǎoshí le. |
| 我们学了一个小时了。 |
| 我們學了一個小時了。
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| We have studied for one hour (already). |
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| Yào bu yào xiūxi yíxiàr? |
| 要不要休息一下儿﹖ |
| 要不要休息一下兒﹖
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| (Do you) need a rest? |
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| Hǎo, wǒmen xiūxi shí fēnzhōng, bā diǎn er4shí fēn zài kāishǐ. |
| 好，我们休息十分钟，八点二十分再开始。 |
| 好，我們休息十分鐘，八點二十分再開始。
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| Fine, let's take a ten minute break. Let's resume at eight twenty. |
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| 6. |
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| Xíng. |
| 行。 |
| 行。
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| OK. |
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| 7. |
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| John, xiànzài bā diǎn er4shíwǔ fēn le. |
| John,现在八点二十五分了。 |
| John, 現在八點二十五分了。
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| John, it is already 8:25. |
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| 8. |
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| Wǒmen jìxù xué ba. |
| 我们继续学吧。 |
| 我們繼續學吧。
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| Let's continue to study. |
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| 9. |
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| Hǎo, Lǐ xiānsheng, 'five to nine' Zhōngwén zénme shuō? |
| zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
| zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
| Good. Mr. Li, how to say 'five to nine' in Chinese? |
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| 10. |
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| Chà wǔ fēn jiú diǎn. |
| 差五分九点。 |
| 差五分九點。
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| Five to nine. |
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| Xiàzài chà wǔ fēn jiú diǎn. Duì bu duì? |
| 现在差五分九点。 对不对﹖ |
| 現在差五分九點。對不對﹖
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| It is five to nine now. Is it correct? |
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| 12. |
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| Duì, wǒmen gāi xiàkè le. |
| 对﹐我们该下课了。 |
| 對﹐我們該下課了。
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| Right, we should finish class now. |
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| Notes |
- 'le' indicates the change of status.
'Xiànzài
jǐ diǎn
le?' means 'What time is is NOW?'
- 'Xiànzài
bā diǎn
er4shíwǔ
fēn le. It is already 8:25
now.'
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