Chinese for English speakers Cafe · Lesson 0

Daily routine

Daily routine in Chinese — 我大概七点起床 (I get up around 7) — and ask 你几点起床? using 几点 for time.

Conversation

  1. Honey Honey

    我大概七点起床。

    wǒ dà gài qī diǎn qǐ chuáng.

    I get up around 7:00.

    Tip: 大概 <dàgài> = more or less 七点 <qīdiǎn> = (at) seven hour

  2. Honey Honey

    你几点起床？

    nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng?

    What time do you get up?

    Tip: 几点 <jǐdiǎn> = what time 起床 <qǐchuáng> = to get up

  3. PX296 PX296

    每天早上

    měi tiān zǎo shang

    Every morning

    Tip: 每天 <měitān> = every day 早上 <zǎoshang> = morning

  4. PX296 PX296

    我八点起床。

    wǒ bā diǎn qǐ chuáng

    I get up at 8:00.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you ask 'what time?' in Chinese?

几点 (jǐ diǎn) = 'what time?'. 你几点起床? = 'what time do you get up?'. 几 = how many (small numbers).

What does 大概 mean?

'About / approximately'. 大概七点 = 'around 7 o'clock'. Softens precise time.

Telling time in Chinese?

Hour + 点 + minute + 分: 七点三十分 = 7:30. For half: 七点半. For quarter: 七点一刻.

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Chinese lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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