HSK 1 · Lesson 7现在几点？ What time is it?
Telling the time, parts of the day, daily routine. Where time goes in a sentence.
Speed:Male voice:
Dialogues
Daily routine
A
现在几点？
Xiànzài jǐ diǎn?
What time is it?
B
现在八点半。
Xiànzài bā diǎn bàn.
It’s half past eight.
A
你几点上课？
Nǐ jǐ diǎn shàngkè?
What time do your classes start?
B
我九点上课，十二点下课。
Wǒ jiǔ diǎn shàngkè, shí’èr diǎn xiàkè.
They start at nine and end at twelve.
A
你中午在哪儿吃饭？
Nǐ zhōngwǔ zài nǎr chīfàn?
Where do you have lunch?
B
在学校吃。我晚上十一点睡觉。
Zài xuéxiào chī. Wǒ wǎnshang shíyī diǎn shuìjiào.
At school. I go to bed at eleven in the evening.
New words
- 现在xiànzàinow; at present; currently
- 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
- 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate
- 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
- 早上zǎoshangearly morning
- 上午shàngwǔmorning
- 中午zhōngwǔnoon
- 下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
- 晚上wǎnshangevening; night; in the evening
- 起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get up
- 睡觉shuìjiàoto go to bed; to sleep
- 上课shàngkèto go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class
- 下课xiàkèclass is over
- 吃饭chīfànto have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- 时候shíhoutime; length of time; moment
- 时间shíjiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
- 午饭wǔfànlunch
Grammar
1. Hours and minutes
8:00 — 八点, 8:30 — 八点半, 8:15 — 八点十五(分), 2:00 — 两点 (not 二点). “What time?” — 几点？
现在十点五分。
Xiànzài shí diǎn wǔ fēn.
It’s 10:05.
下午两点
xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn
2 p.m.
2. Time goes before the verb
Who + when + where + action
Time always comes before the verb: 我九点上课. It can also open the sentence: 九点我上课. Never at the end as in English “I have class at nine”.
我早上七点起床。
Wǒ zǎoshang qī diǎn qǐchuáng.
I get up at seven in the morning.
你什么时候睡觉？
Nǐ shénme shíhou shuìjiào?
When do you go to bed?
Exercises
1. Say the time
- 7:00
Answer
七点 - 9:30
Answer
九点半 - 2:15
Answer
两点十五（分） - 12:45
Answer
十二点四十五（分）
2. Fix the word order
- 我上课九点。
Answer
我九点上课。 - 我睡觉晚上十一点。
Answer
我晚上十一点睡觉。
3. Translate
- I have lunch at twelve.
Answer
我十二点吃午饭。 - What time do you get up?
Answer
你几点起床？
💡 Did you know?: The afternoon nap
Many Chinese schools and offices have 午休, a lunch break of an hour or more, when people nap right at their desks.
Phrase audio — Microsoft speech synthesis (voices Xiaoxiao, Yunyang, Yunxi); syllables and some words — native recordings (audio-cmn, CC BY-SA).