{"id":16778,"date":"2021-08-10T06:15:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T10:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=16778"},"modified":"2021-08-10T06:15:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T10:15:58","slug":"chinese-time-phrases-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-time-phrases-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Time Phrases: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by JESHOOTS-com from Pixabay, CCO<\/p><\/div>\n

Talking about time is inevitable. Not only telling the time, but also parts of the day, order of events, speed of occurrences, etc. Here are 3 more time phrases to use in daily conversations.<\/p>\n

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\u4e00\u65e9 <\/strong>y\u00ec z\u01ceo<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The short phrase \u4e00\u65e9 consists of two basic Chinese characters: \u4e00 (y\u012b, one) and \u65e9 (z\u01ceo, morning). Together \u4e00\u65e9, and also \u4e00\u5927\u65e9 (y\u00ed d\u00e0 z\u01ceo), mean early in the morning<\/em>. It refers to an action that took place at dawn or first thing in the morning. Although the phrase isn\u2019t necessarily adjacent to the verb, it mostly precedes the verb and is followed by \u5c31 (ji\u00f9, expressing early). For example:<\/p>\n

\u4eca\u5929\u4e00\u5927\u65e9\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e9b\u65b0\u9c9c\u852c\u83dc\u5c31\u88ab\u5e26\u6765\u3002<\/p>\n

J\u012bn ti\u0101n y\u012b d\u00e0 z\u01ceo, zh\u00e8 xi\u0113 x\u012bn xi\u0101n sh\u016b c\u00e0i ji\u00f9 b\u00e8i d\u00e0i l\u00e1i.<\/p>\n

These fresh vegetables were brought in early this morning.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u6e14\u592b\u4e00\u65e9\u5c31\u51fa\u6d77\u53bb\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n

Y\u00fa f\u016b y\u012b z\u01ceo ji\u00f9 ch\u016b h\u01cei q\u00f9le.<\/p>\n

The fisherman went out to the sea early in the morning.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u4e00\u5927\u65e9\u5c31\u7ed3\u4e86\u5e10\u79bb\u5f00\u4e86\u65c5\u9986\u3002<\/p>\n

T\u0101 y\u012b d\u00e0 z\u01ceo ji\u00f9 ji\u00e9 le zh\u00e0ng l\u00ed k\u0101i le l\u01da gu\u01cen.<\/p>\n

He checked out and left the hotel early in the morning.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u9700\u8981\u6211\u660e\u5929\u4e00\u65e9\u6765\u5417?<\/p>\n

X\u016b y\u00e0o w\u01d2 m\u00edng ti\u0101n y\u012b z\u01ceo l\u00e1i ma?<\/p>\n

Do you need me to come early tomorrow morning?<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u51c6\u65f6 <\/strong>zh\u01d4n sh\u00ed<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u51c6\u65f6 means on time<\/em>, on schedule<\/em>. It\u2019s a synonym to \u6309\u65f6 (\u00e0n sh\u00ed), and refers to an action that took place at the promised time. The adverb \u51c6\u65f6 appears before the action that occurred as planned: \u51c6\u65f6 + verb. For example:<\/p>\n

\u4f60\u5f00\u8f66\u6765\u4e5f\u597d\uff0c\u4e58\u706b\u8f66\u6765\u4e5f\u597d\uff0c\u4f46\u5fc5\u987b\u51c6\u65f6\u5230\u8fbe\u3002<\/p>\n

N\u01d0 k\u0101i ch\u0113 l\u00e1i y\u011b h\u01ceo, ch\u00e9ng hu\u01d2 ch\u0113 l\u00e1i y\u011b h\u01ceo, d\u00e0n b\u00ec x\u016b zh\u01d4n sh\u00ed d\u00e0o d\u00e1.<\/p>\n

Whether you come by car or train, you must arrive on time.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u867d\u7136\u98de\u884c\u88ab\u53d6\u6d88\uff0c\u4f46\u662f\u4ed6\u8fd8\u51c6\u65f6\u6765\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n

Su\u012b r\u00e1n f\u0113i x\u00edng b\u00e8i q\u01d4 xi\u0101o, d\u00e0n sh\u00ec t\u0101 h\u00e1i zh\u01d4n sh\u00ed l\u00e1i le.<\/p>\n

Although the flight was cancelled, he still came on time.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u4f60\u8981\u60f3\u51c6\u65f6\u5230\u8fbe\u90a3\u91cc\u5c31\u6700\u597d\u9a6c\u4e0a\u8d70\u3002<\/p>\n

N\u01d0 y\u00e0o xi\u01ceng zh\u01d4n sh\u00ed d\u00e0o d\u00e1 n\u00e0 l\u01d0 ji\u00f9 zu\u00ec h\u01ceo m\u01ce sh\u00e0ng z\u01d2u.<\/p>\n

If you want to get there on time you would better leave now. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u5c3d\u7ba1\u4e0b\u5927\u96e8\uff0c\u98de\u673a\u51c6\u65f6\u8d77\u98de\u3002<\/p>\n

J\u01d0n gu\u01cen xi\u00e0 d\u00e0 y\u01d4, f\u0113i j\u012b zh\u01d4n sh\u00ed q\u01d0 f\u0113i.<\/p>\n

Despite the heavy rain, the plane took off on time.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u521a\u624d <\/strong>g\u0101ng c\u00e1i<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u521a\u624d means just now<\/em>. It comes to describe something that just happened a moment ago. It is used to sequence events in time, within a period of the past minutes. Notice that \u521a\u624dis placed before the verb in the sentence. For example:<\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u521a\u624d\u5403\u4e86\u836f,\u73b0\u5728\u7761\u7740\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n

T\u0101 gang c\u00e1i ch\u012b le y\u00e0o, xi\u00e0n z\u00e0i shu\u00ec zh\u00e1o le.<\/p>\n

He just took the medicine and now he is asleep.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u4f60\u521a\u624d\u8bf4\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e86\uff1f<\/p>\n

N\u01d0 gang c\u00e1i shu\u014d sh\u00e9n me le?<\/p>\n

What did you just say?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u4ed6\u628a\u521a\u624d\u7684\u4e8b\u513f\u5fd8\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n

T\u0101 b\u01ce gang c\u00e1i de sh\u00ec er w\u00e0ng le.<\/p>\n

He forgot what had just happened.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u6211\u521a\u624d\u548c\u4ed6\u8c08\u8bdd\u7684\u90a3\u4e2a\u7537\u5b69\u662f\u6211\u5f1f\u5f1f\u3002<\/p>\n

W\u01d2 gang c\u00e1i h\u00e9 t\u0101 t\u00e1n hu\u00e0 d\u00ec n\u00e0 g\u00e8 n\u00e1n h\u00e1i sh\u00ec w\u01d2 d\u00ec d\u00ec.<\/p>\n

The boy I talked to just now is my brother.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more time phrases check out pervious posts:<\/p>\n

Chinese Time phrases<\/a><\/p>\n

Time Phrases in Chinese \u2013 Learn Chinese through the Song \u300e\u6211\u662f\u4e0d\u662f\u4f60\u6700\u75bc\u7231\u7684\u4eba\u300f<\/a><\/p>\n

\u597d\u597d\u5b66\u4e60\uff0c\u5929\u5929\u5411\u4e0a\uff01<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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