A: 现在几点了？

What time is it now?

B: 现在_________点了。

It’s __________O’clock now.

现在 xiàn zài：now

点 diǎn: o’clock

Exercise: Look at the clock and tell me what time it is.

“请 告 诉 我， 现  在  几 点 了？”

 qǐng gàosù wǒ,    xiàn zài jǐ diǎn le?

  Please tell me, what time is it now?

 

 

More Advanced:

Add the following to indicate a.m. and p.m.

早上 zǎoshàng：(earlier) morning

上午 shàngwǔ: morning; a.m.

中午 zhōngwǔ: noon

下午 xiàwǔ：Afternoon （after 12 and before 6)

晚上 wǎnshàng: night; p.m. (between 6 p.m. and 12 p.m.)

Examples:

8:00 a.m.–> 早上八点

10:00 a.m.–>上午十点

12:00 p.m.–> 中午十二点

5:00 p.m.–> 下午五点

7:00 p.m.–> 晚上七点

11:00 p.m.–》 晚上十一点

 

L3D1 Worksheet for Telling Time

Resources:

Slides on L3 Telling Time in Chinese by Ying Li