Dear Chinese learners,welcome to www.tprsc.com , in this article we’ll learn how to express time in Chinese, how to ask time in Chinese. As you know,most of Chinese people think time is very important to their business of life.they will control limit time for doing more things. Here we go.
You can use these sentences express What time is it in Chinese.
Ask time
现在几点了？ {play}images/time.mp3{/play} What time is it?
现在几点钟？ {play}images/jdz.mp3{/play} What the time ?
几点了？ {play}images/jdl.mp3{/play} What time is it?
Answer
11点，十一点 {play}images/11.mp3{/play} 11:00
5:30 五点半 {play}images/530.mp3{/play} 5:30
北京时间十二点整 {play}images/12.mp3{/play} Beijing time 12:00
| A.M. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 上午一点 | 上午二点 | 上午三点 | 上午四点 | 上午五点 | 上午六点 | 上午七点 | 上午八点 | 上午九点 | 上午十点 | 中午十一点 | 中午十二点 | |
| P.M. | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 下午1点 | 下午两点 | 下午三点 | 下午四点 | 下午五点 | 下午六点 | 下午七点 | 下午八点 | 下午九点 | 下午十点 | 下午十一点 | 下午十二点 |
1-10 Morning 上午
11-12 Noon 中午
13-24 Afternoon 下午
30 minutes = 半 ban4
Example:4:30=四点半，6:30 = 六点半
5 minutes = 一, 10 mintues = 二, 15 mintues = 三, 20 mintues=四 , 25mintues=五, 30 mintues=六 ,35 mintues=七 ,40 mintues=八 ,45 mintues=九 , 50 mintues=十, 55 mintues=十一 , 60（00）mintues=点（整）
Example:7:20 = 七点四 10:35 = 十点七 12:00=十二点（整）
Useful Expression
1.ask time in Chinese
几点了？
2.Answer time in Chinese
number + 点 such as 11点,12点