Telling Time in Chinese

This video tutorial teaches how to tell time in Chinese, covering telling time on the hour, adding minutes, special cases like half past and quarter past, and asking for the current time. It explains the use of 'liang' and 'er' for the number two, and how to express time using 'ban' for half and 'ke' for a quarter. The tutorial also introduces how to ask what time it is and how to specify AM or PM in Chinese.

How do you say 2 o'clock in Chinese?

• Er dian

• Liang dian

• San dian

• Yi dian

What is the correct way to say 7:05 in Chinese?

• Qi dian ling wu fen

• Qi dian ling wu

• Qi dian wu

• Qi dian wu fen

When adding minutes to the hour, what should you say if the minutes are less than 10?

• Add 'fen' after the number

• Add 'shi' before the number

• Add 'ling' before the number

• Just the number

How do you express 'half past' in Chinese?

• Fen

• Cha

• Ke

• Ban

What does 'ke' mean when telling time in Chinese?

• Half

• Quarter

• Lacking

• Exact

How would you say '10 minutes to 4' in Chinese?

• Shi fen si dian

• Si dian cha shi fen

• Cha shi fen si dian

• Si dian shi fen

What is the Chinese phrase for asking 'What time is it now?'

• Xianzai ji shi

• Xianzai ji ke

• Xianzai ji fen

• Xianzai ji dian

In Chinese, how is the day divided instead of using AM and PM?

• Into four parts

• Into two halves

• Into six main time periods

• Into three segments

What is the measure word for hours in the question 'What time is it?' in Chinese?

• Shi

• Fen

• Ke

• Dian

How do you specify 9 o'clock in the morning in Chinese?

• Jiu dian wan shang

• Jiu dian zhong wu

• Jiu dian xia wu

• Jiu dian zao shang