Vocabulary
The Chinese word for "every day".
What is 每天 (měitiān)?
This particle is placed at the end of a statement to turn it into a suggestion.
What is 吧 (ba)?
How to ask "What time is it now?" in Chinese.
What is "現在幾點？" (Xiànzài jǐ diǎn?)
In Chinese, dates are written starting from the largest unit to the smallest. This is the correct order.
What is Year, Month, then Day?
This verb-object phrase means "to go to bed" or "to sleep".
What is 睡覺 (shuìjiào)?
The specific measure word used for school courses, such as "five courses".
What is 門 (mén)?
The Chinese translation for "What is the date today?".
What is "今天是幾月幾號？" (Jīntiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?)
Between 號 (hào) and 日 (rì), this is the one typically used in spoken Chinese to refer to the day of the month.
What is 號 (hào)?
The four-character word for "email".
What is 電子郵件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn)?
These are the two correct positions in a sentence where a time phrase can be placed.
What are "before the subject" and "after the subject"?
Translate: "Let's go study Chinese together".
What is "我們一起去學中文吧" (Wǒmen yìqǐ qù xué Zhōngwén ba)?
When expressing a specific year, such as 2009, the numbers must be said in this way.
What is "individually" (e.g., èr líng líng jiǔ nián)?
A verb-object phrase meaning "to burn the midnight oil" or stay up very late.
What is 熬夜 (áoyè)?
This adverb is used before a verb to emphasize that an action happened later than expected.
What is 才 (cái)?
Translate: "This semester I am very busy; I have five courses".
What is "這個學期我很忙，有五門課" (Zhège xuéqī wǒ hěn máng, yǒu wǔ mén kè)?
To distinguish between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, you place these specific time-of-day words before the time.
What are 早上 (zǎoshang) and 晚上 (wǎnshang)?
These two words both mean "hour," but one is used mostly in speaking while the other is more common in writing.
What are 鐘頭 (zhōngtóu) and 小時 (xiǎoshí)?
To tell time using the word "lack" (e.g., five minutes to ten), you use this Chinese verb.
What is 差 (chà)?
Translate: "I didn't go to sleep until after 12:30 AM".
What is "我晚上十二點半以後才睡覺" (Wǒ wǎnshang shí'èr diǎn bàn yǐhòu cái shuìjiào)?
This term refers to a "quarter of an hour" when telling time.
What is 刻 (kè)?