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How to put "time" into a sentence
"Time" + Subject + clause...
"Time" + Subject + clause...
e.g. I go to Taipei today
今天 我 去 台北。
今天 我 去 台北。
today I go Taipei
jīn tiān wǒ qù táiběi
Subject + "Time" + clause...
jīn tiān wǒ qù táiběi
e.g. I go to Taipei today
我 今天 去 台北。
I today go Taipei
我 今天 去 台北。
I today go Taipei
wǒ jīn tiān qù táiběi
Common units
1 second;一秒 ; yì miǎo
一秒鐘[钟]; yì miǎo zhōng
1 minute;一分; yì fēn
一分鐘; yì fēn zhōng
1 hour; 一小時[时]; yì xiǎo shí
一鐘頭[头]; yì zhōng tóu
1 day; 一日; yí rì
一天; yì tiān
1 week; 一星期; yì xīng qí
一禮[礼]拜; yì lǐ bài
一周; yì zhōu
1 month;一月; yí yuè
1 year; 一年; yì nián
Special units
People seldom use , but you may see it in movie.
15 minutes;一刻; yí kè
60 years; 一甲子;yì jiǎ zǐ
「Period」in a day
morning; 早上;zǎo shang
morning; 早上;zǎo shang
noon;; 中午;zhōng wǔ
afternoon; 下午;xià wǔ
evening; 傍晚;bàng wǎn
night; 晚上;wǎn shàng
midnight; 午夜;wǔ yè
night after 0:00; 半夜;bàn yè
approaching dawn;凌晨;líng chén
About the date
Week
There is no any difference between below 3 words.
All of them mean "week"
星期;xīng qí 禮拜;lǐ bài 周;zhōu
In Chinese, Monday to Saturday are arranged in numbers except "Sunday".
Monday; 星期一;xīng qí yī
Tuesday; 星期二;xīng qí èr
Wednesday;星期三;xīng qí sān
Thursday ; 星期四;xīng qí sì
Friday; 星期五;xīng qí wǔ
Saturday; 星期六;xīng qí liù
Sunday; 星期天;xīng qí tiān
*You can use「禮拜 lǐ bài、周 zhōu」to replace 「星期 xīng qí」below.
* 「weekend」is「周末 zhōu mò」
About the date
Week
There is no any difference between below 3 words.
All of them mean "week"
星期;xīng qí 禮拜;lǐ bài 周;zhōu
In Chinese, Monday to Saturday are arranged in numbers except "Sunday".
Monday; 星期一;xīng qí yī
Tuesday; 星期二;xīng qí èr
Wednesday;星期三;xīng qí sān
Thursday ; 星期四;xīng qí sì
Friday; 星期五;xīng qí wǔ
Saturday; 星期六;xīng qí liù
Sunday; 星期天;xīng qí tiān
星期日;xīng qí rì
*You can use「禮拜 lǐ bài、周 zhōu」to replace 「星期 xīng qí」below.
e.g. 周一 zhōu yī、周二 zhōu èr....
禮拜一lǐ bài yī、禮拜二lǐ bài èr...
* In Taiwan, people speak「xīng qí 」;
In China, people speak「xīng qī 」.
month
In Chinese, January to December are arranged in numbers.
January ;一月(份);yí yuè (fèn)
February;二月(份);èr yuè (fèn)
。
。
November;十一月(份) ;shí yī yuè (fèn)
December;十二月(份) ;shí èr yuè (fèn)
* Both「yí yuè」and「yī yuè」are correct.
year
Generally, 2020 is called as
èr líng èr líng nián
二 零 二 零 年
two zero two zero year
èr líng èr líng nián
二 零 二 零 年
two zero two zero year
date in one month
January 1st;一月一日;yí yuè yí rì
January 2nd;一月二日;yí yuè èr rì
。
。
。
January 30 ;一月三十日;yí yuè sān shí rì
January 31st ;一月三十一日;yí yuè sān shí yí rì
* You can use 「號[号] hào」to replace「日rì」.
e.g. 一月一號;yí yuè yí hào
e.g. 一月一號;yí yuè yí hào
* Both「yí yuè yí rì」and「yī yuè yī rì」are correct.
To describe date
Describe date from large to small unit.
year→month→day→period in a day→clock→minute→second
e.g. 2020/03/20, morning, 6:15:30
西元2020年3月20日, 早上, 6點15分30秒
year→month→day→period in a day→clock→minute→second
e.g. 2020/03/20, morning, 6:15:30
西元2020年3月20日, 早上, 6點15分30秒
xī yuán 2020 nián 3 yuè 20 rì, zǎo shang, 6 diǎn 15 fēn 30 miǎo
*「西元 xī yuán」means "AD".
* In Taiwan, People speak「西元 xī yuán 」;
In China, People speak「公元 gōng yuán 」.
* In Taiwan, People speak「西元 xī yuán 」;
In China, People speak「公元 gōng yuán 」.
* In Taiwan, people also use another calendar「民國[国] mín guó」.
The first year of 民國 is 1912.
AD 2020 is「民國109年」.
The first year of 民國 is 1912.
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