Lesson 3: What Time Is It? Flashcards
Every
每
múih
Everyday
每日
múih yaht
Morning (forenoon)
上晝
seuhng jau
go
Afternoon
下晝
hah jau
go
o’clock
# 點 # dím
Half
半
bun
Attend class;
Class begins
上堂
séuhng tòhng
Class (time)
堂
tòhng
Noon;
Lunch
晏晝
ngaan jau
Get out of school
放學
fong hohk
Go to school
返學
fāan hohk
School
學校
hohk haauh
gāan
Punctual
準時
jéun sìh
Don’t V
mild command
唔好 V
m hóu V
Arrive late
遲到
chìh dou
Late (punctually)
遲
chìh
Why, how come
點解
dím gáai
Late (in the evening)
夜
yeh
Evening, night time
夜晚
yeh máahn
Midnight
半夜
bun yé/yeh
Early
早
jóu
Sleep
瞓 (覺)
fan (gaau)
Late (in the morning)
晏
ngaan
Get up
起身
héi sān
Know (information)
知 (道)
jī (dou)
Usually
平時
pìhng sìh
Several;
More than;
Short form of “how much”
幾
géi
When?
幾時
géi sìh/sí
How long?
幾耐
géi noih/nói
Chinese word;
5-min period
字
jih
go
Quarter of an hour, 15-min period
骨
gwāt
go
Ordinal number prefix
第
daih
The first
第一
daih yāt
Class dismissed
落堂
lohk tòhng
The second;
Another/other
第二
daih yih
Hour
鐘頭
jūng tàuh
go
Minute
分 (鐘)
fān (jūng)