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month

      zhè ge yuè

      这个月

      last month

      shàng ge yuè

      上个月

      next month

      xià ge yuè

      下个月

      this year

      jīnnián

      今年

      last year

      qùnián

      去年

      next year

      míngnián

      明年

      in...days/weeks/months/years

      tiān/xīngqī/yuè/nián...yǐhòu

      天／星期／月／年⋯以后

      ...weeks ago

      ...(ge) xīngqī/lǐbài yǐqián

      ⋯(个) 星期／礼拜以前

      two weeks ago

      liāng ge xīngqī yǐqián

      两个星期以前

      two weeks ago

      liāng ge lǐbài yǐqián

      两个礼拜以前

      day off

      xiūjiàrì

      休假日

      1.3 What time is it?

      What time is it?

      Jǐdiǎn (zhōng) le?/Shénme shíhoule?

      几点 (钟) 了／什么时候了?

      It’s nine o’clock

      Jiǔ diǎn

      九点

      five past ten

      shí diǎn wǔfēn/shí diǎn guò wǔfēn

      十点五分／十点过五分

      a quarter past eleven

      shíyī diǎn yī kè/shíyī diǎn shíwǔ fēn

      十一点一刻／十一点十五分

      twenty past twelve

      shí’èr diǎn èrshí fēn

      十二点二十分

      half past one

      yí diǎn bàn/yī diǎn sānshí fēn

      一点半／一点三十分

      twenty-five to three

      liǎng diǎn sānshíwǔ fēn/chà èrshíwǔ fēn sān diǎn

      两点三十五分／差二十五分三点

      a quarter to four

      sān diǎn sìshíwǔ fēn/sān diǎn sān kè/chà yī kè sì diǎn

      三点四十五分／三点三刻／差一刻四点

      ten to five

      sì diǎn wǔshí fēn/chà shífēn wǔ diǎn

      四点五十分／差十分五点

      It’s midday (twelve noon)

      zhōngwǔ le/shí’èr diǎn le

      中午了／十二点了

      It’s midnight

      wǎnshàng shí’èr diǎn

      晚上十二点

      half an hour

      bàn ge zhōngtóu/bàn ge xiǎoshí

      半个钟头／半个小时

      What time?

      Jǐ diǎn/Shénme shíhou?

      几点／什么时候？

      What time can I come by?

      Wǒ jǐ diǎn kěyǐ guòlaí?

      我几点可以过来？

      At...

      zài...

      在⋯

      After...

      ...yǐhoù

      ⋯以后

      Before...

      ...yǐqián

      ⋯以前

      Between 4:00 and 5:00

      sì diǎn hé wǔ diǎn zhījiān

      四点和五点之间

      From...to...

      cóng...dào...

      从⋯到⋯

      In...minutes

      ...fénzhōng yǐhòu

      ⋯分钟以后

      an hour

      yí ge zhōngtóu/yí ge xiǎoshí yǐhòu

      一个钟头／一个小时以后

      two hours

      liǎng ge zhōngtóu/liǎng ge xiǎoshí yǐhòu

      两个钟头／两个小时以后

      a quarter of an hour

      yí kèzhōng/shíwǔ fēnzhōng yǐhòu

      一刻钟／十五分钟以后

      three quarters of an hour

      sān kèzhōng/sìshí fēnzhōng yǐhòu

      三刻钟／四十五分钟以后

      too early/late

      tài zǎo le/tài wǎn le

      太早了／太晚了

      on time

      zhǔnshí/ànshí

      准时／按时

      summertime (daylight saving)

      xiàlìngshí

      夏令时

      wintertime

      dōngjì shíjiān

      冬季时间

      1.4 One, two, three...

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      líng 零

      1

      yī 一

      2

      èr 二

      3

      sān 三

      4

      sì 四

      5

      wǔ 五

      6

      liù 六

      7

      qī 七

      8

      bā 八

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