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May 8, 2007 22:31
  • MAY001
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When talking about date, we use 星期(Xing 1 Qi 1) or 周(Zhou 1):

星期一(Xing 1 Qi 1 Yi 1), Monday
星期二(Xing 1 Qi 1 Er 4), Tuesday
星期三(Xing 1 Qi 1 San 1), Wednesday
星期四(Xing 1 Qi 1 Si 4), Thursday
星期五(Xing 1 Qi 1 Wu 3), Friday
星期六(Xing 1 Qi 1 Liu 4), Saturday

In written form, you can change 星期 to 周
May 8, 2007 22:38
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Sunday is called 星期天(Xing 1 Qi 1 Tian 1) or 星期日(Xing 1 Qi 1 Ri 4), or 周日(Zhou 1 Ri 4).

e.g.

今天是星期四=Today is Thursday.
今天: Jin 1 Tian 1(today)
是: Shi 4 (is)
星期四: Xing 1 Qi 1 Si 4 (Thursday)

明天是星期五＝Tomorrow is Friday.
明天: Ming 2 Tian 1 (tomorrow)
星期五: Xing 1 Qi 1 Wu 3 (Friday)

后天是星期六＝The day after tomorrow is Saturday.
后天: Hou 4 Tian 1 (the day after tomorrow)

昨天是星期三＝Yesterday is Wednesday.
昨天: Zuo 2 Tian 1 (Yesterday)

前天是星期二＝The day before yesterday is Tuesday
前天: Qian 2 Tian 1 (the day before yesterday)
May 8, 2007 23:03
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年(Nian 2): Year
月(Yue 4): Month
日(Ri 4) or 天(Tian 1): Day
时(Xiao 3 Shi 2): Hour
分(Fen 1): Minute

When talking about times, we say ×点×分.
For example, 7:00 =七点(Qi 1 Dian 3)
7:10 =七点十分(Qi 1 Dian 3 Shi 2 Fen 1)
7:30 = 七点三十分(Qi 1 Dian 3 San 1 Shi 2 Fen 1). But we often use 七点半(Qi 1 Dian 3 Ban 2) to instead of it.
May 8, 2007 23:13
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But how to identify AM and PM?
morning: 早上(Zao 3 Shang 4)
noon: 中午(Zhong 1 Wu 3)
afternoon: 下午(Xia 4 Wu 3)
evening: 晚上(Wan 3 Shang 4)

e.g.
8:20 AM = 早上八点二十(Zao 3 Shang 4 Ba 1 Dian 3 Er 4 Shi 2), 分(Fen 1) is often omitted.
12:30 noon = 中午十二点半(Zhong 1 Wu 3 Shi 2 Er 4 Dian 3 Ban 4).

3:15 PM = 下午三点十五(Xia 4 Wu 3 San 1 Dian 3 Shi 2 Wu 3) / 下午三点一刻(Xia 4 Wu 3 San 1 Dian 3 Yi 1 Ke 4).
一刻 means a quarter, 15 mins. So 三刻 means three quarters, 45 mins.

5:45 PM = 下午五点四十五(Xia 4 Wu 3 Wu 3 Dian 3 Si 4 Shi 2 Wu 3) / 下午五点三刻(Xia 4 Wu 3 Wu 3 Dian 3 San 1 Ke 4)
or 差一刻六点(Cha 4 Yi 1 Ke 4 Liu 4 Dian 3), which means 'a quarter to six'.

May 9, 2007 11:52
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Thanks for more fine, practical posts!
Keep 'em comin'!
May 10, 2007 05:01
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Yes, May, it's very practical!!
May 10, 2007 12:58
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Thanks madam
May 12, 2007 00:28
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周一 周二 周三 周四 周五 周六 周日 周末
礼拜一 礼拜二 礼拜三 礼拜四 礼拜五 礼拜六 礼拜天
May 14, 2007 03:36
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Yes, 礼拜(Li 3 Bai 4) is also widely used in China, which means 星期 or 周.
礼拜 and星期 is more oral, while 周 is quite written.
May 17, 2007 11:23
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Many posts-- Can you remember these?
May 19, 2007 11:33
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How i can introduce myself (chinese language) pls, teach me...

Thank you...

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