Learn Mandarin Chinese Numbers and Time 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: How do you ask 'What time is it?' in Mandarin?
- Jǐ diǎn le?
- Shénme shíjiān?
- Nǐ zhīdào shíjiān ma?
- Xiànzài jǐ diǎn? (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Xiànzài jǐ diǎn?
'Xiànzài jǐ diǎn? (现在几点?)' literally means 'Now how many o'clock?' and is the standard way to ask the time.
Question 2: What is the Mandarin word for 'week'?
- yuè (月)
- nián (年)
- xīngqī (星期) (Correct answer)
- tiān (天)
Correct answer: xīngqī (星期)
'Xīngqī (星期)' means week in Mandarin, and days of the week are formed by adding a number after it.
Question 3: How do you say 'Monday' in Mandarin?
- xīngqī líng
- xīngqītiān
- xīngqī yī (Correct answer)
- xīngqī qī
Correct answer: xīngqī yī
'Xīngqī yī (星期一)' means Monday — 'week + one', since Monday is the first day of the week in Chinese convention.
Question 4: Which time word means 'yesterday' in Mandarin?
- jīntiān (今天)
- míngtiān (明天)
- zuótiān (昨天) (Correct answer)
- hòutiān (后天)
Correct answer: zuótiān (昨天)
'Zuótiān (昨天)' means yesterday, while 'jīntiān' means today and 'míngtiān' means tomorrow.
Question 5: How do you say '3:15 PM' in Mandarin?
- Xiàwǔ sān diǎn shíwǔ fēn (Correct answer)
- Sān diǎn yīkè xiàwǔ
- Xiàwǔ shíwǔ sān diǎn
- Sān diǎn xiàwǔ yīkè
Correct answer: Xiàwǔ sān diǎn shíwǔ fēn
Time of day (AM/PM) comes before the hour in Mandarin: 'Xiàwǔ (afternoon/PM) + sān diǎn + shíwǔ fēn'.
Question 6: What does 'yīkè (一刻)' mean when telling time in Mandarin?
- One minute
- Five minutes
- A quarter (15 minutes) (Correct answer)
- Half an hour
Correct answer: A quarter (15 minutes)
'Yīkè (一刻)' means a quarter of an hour (15 minutes), used in telling time like '3:15 = sān diǎn yīkè'.
Learn Mandarin Chinese Numbers and Time 2
How do you ask 'What time is it?' in Mandarin?