HSK 1Lesson 9
This lesson adds clock time to the school language you already know. You practice half past, exact minutes, and parts of the day in short exchanges.
You will learn to ask the time and place simple study actions in the morning, afternoon, or evening.
Ask clock time and place known times in parts of the day.
Part 1 · 19 new words
Contains 6 words
now
o'clock; point
minute
half
minute
half
Contains 3 words
hour
time
Contains 2 words
before; front
after; behind
Contains 8 words
early morning
morning
Part 2 · 17 phrases
现在几点？
What time is it now?
九点半
9:30
三点十五分
3:15
十分钟
ten minutes
十五分钟
fifteen minutes
一小时
one hour
两小时
two hours
什么时候？
When?
Part 3 · 4 conversations
Two classmates check the current time and whether Chinese class has started.
美美Meimei
现在几点？
What time is it now?
方方Fangfang
现在八点半。
It is 8:30 now.
美美Meimei
现在有中文课吗？
Part 4 · 1 point
Time word order
Time expressions usually come before the action they describe.
Time before action
Places the time expression before the action it describes.
我上午九点十分学习wǒ shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎn shí fēn xuéxí means I study at 9:10 in the morning.
In sentences
time; moment
noon
afternoon
evening; night
daytime
early
late
什么时间？
What time?
你什么时候学汉语？
When do you study Chinese?
一半时间
half the time
前一半时间
the first half of the time
早上八点
8:00 in the early morning
中午十二点
12:00 noon
晚上八点
8:00 in the evening
很早
very early
很晚
very late
Is Chinese class now?
方方Fangfang
没有，九点有中文课。
No, Chinese class is at nine.
Two classmates check whether they have one hour and agree how to use the study time.
美美Meimei
现在我们有时间吗？
Do we have time now?
方方Fangfang
有，我们有一小时。
Yes, we have one hour.
美美Meimei
一半时间读书，一半时间写字吗？
Read for half the time and write for half the time?
方方Fangfang
好，前三十分钟读书，后三十分钟写字。
Good. Read for the first thirty minutes and write for the last thirty minutes.
Two classmates reject a conflicting morning study time and agree to study at noon.
美美Meimei
我们上午学习汉语，好吗？
Shall we study Chinese in the morning?
方方Fangfang
不好，我上午有课。
No, I have class in the morning.
美美Meimei
中午十二点呢？
How about twelve noon?
方方Fangfang
好，中午十二点学习汉语。
Okay, let's study Chinese at twelve noon.
Two classmates reject an early-morning study proposal and move it to the evening.
美美Meimei
我们早上六点学习汉语，好吗？
Shall we study Chinese at six in the morning?
方方Fangfang
不好，六点很早。
No, six o'clock is very early.
美美Meimei
晚上六点呢？
How about six in the evening?
方方Fangfang
好，晚上六点学习汉语。
Okay, let's study Chinese at six in the evening.
Person plus exact time
我上午九点十分学习。
I study at 9:10 in the morning.
Name the person first, then put the time before the action.
Time plus action
下午三点十五分读书。
I read at 3:15 in the afternoon.
The sentence can begin with the time when the person is already clear.
白天你学习吗？
Do you study during the day?
中午后不学习。
I do not study after noon.
In 我上午九点十分学习Wǒ shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎn shí fēn xuéxí, the time comes before 学习xuéxí. Day-part words like 上午shàngwǔ and 下午xiàwǔ also come before the action.
