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Telling the Time in Chinese
To say “What time is it?” in Chinese is
请问，现在几点（钟）？
qǐng wèn ， xiàn zài jǐ diǎn （ zhōng ）？
点钟 means o’clock
diǎn zhōng
几 literally means “how many”
jǐ
So to answer this question, we can say
现在 + Number + 点（钟）。
xiàn zài diǎn （ zhōng ）
To say it’s 3 o’clock in Chinese
现在三点（钟）。
xiàn zài sān diǎn （ zhōng ） 。
To say it’s 12 o’clock in Chinese.
现在十二点钟。
xiàn zài shí èr diǎn zhōng 。
And to say it’s 12:30 we say
现在十二点半。
xiàn zài shí èr diǎn bàn 。
In this sentence above, 半（bàn） means half, so it means it’s 3 o’clock and a half.
To say it’s 2:45 we say
现在两点四十五分。
xiàn zài liǎng diǎn sì shí wǔ fēn 。
现在 means now and 分 means used as “minute” when telling the time.
xiàn zài
There’s am and pm difference in English,
so in Chinese, here is how to distinguish the difference between AM and PM.
It’s now 9:30am. We say..
现在早上九点半。
xiàn zài zǎo shang jiǔ diǎn bàn 。
We use 早上 morning.
zǎo shàng
It’s now 9:30pm. We say..
现在晚上九点半。
xiàn zài wǎn shàng jiǔ diǎn bàn 。
晚上means evening or night.
wǎn shàng
This is how we know it’s AM or PM.
Sometimes it doesn’t even need to be mention, because we can tell it’s day time
or evening time just looking out the window, right?
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