Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language University of Oxford

Basic Spoken Mandarin    4. Asking the time  

New words Pronunciation Chinese
Now Xiànzài 现在
What time? Jĭdiăn 几点
...o'clock Diăn ...点
1，2，3，4，5，6，7，8，9,  10 yī ér sān sì wŭ liù qī bā jiŭ shí 1，2，3，4，5，6，7，8，9, 10
Open (for business) Kāi mén 开门
Airplane, flight Fēijī 飞机
[Sentence particle] De 的
Shop Shāngdiàn 商店
Film, movie Diànyĭng 电影
Take (transport), travel by, sit Zuò 坐
Watch, read, look Kàn 看

 
New phrases Pronunciation Chinese
What time is it?

Xiànzài jĭdiăn

 现在几点？
The bank opens at 8.

Yínháng bā diăn kāi mén

 银行8点开门
What time is the flight? Jĭdiăn de fēijī 几点的飞机？