Essential Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook & Dictionary. Catherine Dai

      míngnián

      明年

      in...days

      ...tiān yǐhòu

      ⋯天 以后

      in...weeks

      ...xīngqí yǐhòu

      ⋯星期 以后

      in..months

      ...yuè yǐhòu

      ⋯月 以后

      in...years

      ...nián yǐhòu

      ⋯年 以后

      ...weeks ago

      ...(ge) xīngqí yǐqián

      ⋯(个) 星期 以前

      two weeks ago

      liăng ge xīngqí yǐqián

      两个星期以前

      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

      十点五分

      a quarter past eleven

      shíyī diǎn yī kè

      十一点一刻

      fifteen minutes past eleven

      shíyī diǎn shíwǔ fēn

      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

      一点半

      twenty-five to three

      liǎng diǎn sānshíwǔ fēn

      两点三十五分

      a quarter to four

      sān diǎn sān kè

      三点三刻

      ten to five

      sì diǎn wǔshí fēn

      四点五十分

      It’s noon.

      Zhōngwǔ le.

      中午了。

      It’s 12 p.m.

      Shí’èr diǎn le.

      十二点了。

      It’s midnight.

      wǔyè shí’èr diǎn.

      午夜十二点。

      half an hour

      bàn ge zhōngtóu

      半个钟头

      What time?

      Jǐ diǎn/Shénme shíhou?

      几点／什么时候？

      What time can I come by?

      Wǒ jǐ diǎn kěyǐ guòlái?

      我几点可以过来？

      at...

      zài...

      在⋯

      after...

      ...yǐhòu

      ⋯以后

      before...

      ...yǐqián

      ⋯以前

      between 4 and 5 p.m.

      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

      in an hour

      yí ge xiǎoshí yǐhòu

      一个小时以后

      in two hours

      liǎng ge zhōngtóu

      两个钟头以后

      in a quarter of an hour

      yí kèzhōng yǐhòu

      一刻钟以后

      in three quarters of an hour

      sān kèzhōng yǐhòu

      三刻钟以后

      too early

      tài zǎo le

      太早了

      too late

      tài wǎn le

      太晚了

      on time

      zhǔnshí/ànshí

      准时／按时

      summertime (daylight saving)

      xiàlìngshí

      夏令时

      wintertime

      dōnglìngshí

      冬令时

      1.4 One, two, three...

      0

      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

      9

      jiǔ

      九

      10

      shí

      十

      11

      shíyī

      十一

      12