Telling Time Flashcards
Focus on telling the time, but reviewing some additional vocabulary as well
Géi dím a?
What time is it?
géi sìh?
What time/when (specific)?
order of time
year, month, date, day of the week, AM/PM, time
dím jùng
O’clock
I have my meal at 5 o’clock.
Ngóh ngh-dím-jùng sihk-faahn
Ngh-dím-jùng ngóh sihk-faahn
jùng-tàuh
hour (CL; go)
yàt go jùng
one hour
Léuhng go jùng
two hours
bun-go-jùng
half hour
Léuhng go jih
Ten minutes
Chàt-dím léuhng go jih
Ten minutes past 7:00
Fàn
Minute (only to be used for exact minute reading (8:42)
jih
minute if divisible by 5
míuh
seconds (not commonly used, mostly in sports)
Chà-mh-dò X-dím
About X:00 (before the hour)
Meih-gau X-dím
Not quite X:00 (before the hour)
Gwo-jó X-dím síu-síu
About X:00 (just after the hour)
Daap-jing X-dím
Exactly the hour
X-dím jing
Exactly X:00
múih-yaht
everyday
yaht-yaht-doù
everyday
géi-dò-dím?
What time?
héi-sàn
get up
pìhng-sih
normally