What time is it?

어휘

• 点o clock (hour marker)
• 分minute
• 半half (30 minutes)
• 刻quarter (15 minutes)
• 几点what time
• 现在now
• 早上morning
• 下午afternoon
• 晚上evening / night
• 差to lack / minus (in time)
• 时间time
• 钟clock / o clock

표현

• 现在几点？What time is it now?
• 几点了？What time is it?
• 三点。It is three o clock.
• 三点半。It is half past three.
• 三点一刻。It is quarter past three.
• 早上八点。Eight in the morning.
• 下午三点。Three in the afternoon.
• 晚上十点。Ten at night.

자주 하는 실수

• ✗三点三十
  ✓三点三十分

  Add 分 after minute numbers; without 分 the sentence sounds incomplete

• ✗下午的三点
  ✓下午三点

  No 的 between the time-of-day word and the hour

• ✗几点现在？
  ✓现在几点？

  Time question words like 现在 come at the beginning

• ✗三刻
  ✓三点三刻

  You must state the hour before 刻

• ✗十二点
  ✓中午十二点

  Add 中午 to clarify you mean noon, not midnight

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