Chinese for English speakers Clothes · Lesson 0

From...to...

Chinese for time ranges — 你从几点到几点学习? (From what time to what time do you study?) — with 从...到 structure.

Conversation

  1. Rose Rose

    你从几点

    nǐ cóng jǐ diǎn

    From what time

    Tip: 从 <cóng>

  2. Rose Rose

    到几点学习？

    dào jǐ diǎn xué xí?

    to what time do you study?

    Tip: 到 <dào> 学习 <xuéxí>

  3. Pishi Pishi

    我从上午十一点

    wǒ cóng shàng wǔ shí yì diǎn

    From eleven

  4. Pishi Pishi

    到下午两点学习。

    dào xià wǔ liǎng diǎn xué xí.

    to two I study.

    Tip: 两 <liǎng> = 2. When you say "2" and then add a counter, you can't use 二 <èr>, you have to say 两 <liǎng>

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does 从...到... mean?

'From ... to ...' — for time AND place. 从早上到晚上 = 'from morning to evening'. 从北京到上海 = 'from Beijing to Shanghai'.

What is 学习?

'To study'. 学习中文 = 'study Chinese'. Different from 学 (more general 'learn').

Days of the week in Chinese?

星期一 (Mon), 星期二 (Tue), 星期三 (Wed), 星期四 (Thu), 星期五 (Fri), 星期六 (Sat), 星期日/星期天 (Sun).

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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