When making schedule, appointments and planning on travel in Chinese, you need to be able to state dates and other calendar terms in Chinese. Understand how to say, dates, days of the week and the month of the year can help you to avoid confusion when facing social life in China. So, let’s get started and learning how to tell time in Chinese. 

Week

Days in Chinese are quite simple. From Monday to Saturday are days 星期xīngqi, while Sunday is either the 星期天xīngqitiān or 星期日 xīngqirì

Other phrases used to indicate the days of the week are as follows,

Parts of the Day

The time of day can be described in general terms or specific times, for example:

Asking and telling for the time 

What is the time now?

现在几点

xiàn zài jǐ diǎn

For example:

Three o’clock

两点整

liǎng diǎn zhèng

A quarter past six

六点一刻

liù diǎn yī kè

Half past nine

九点半

jiǔ diǎn bàn

Five to twelve

差五分十二点

Chà wǔ fēn shí'èr diǎ

Telling time is one of basic skills you can obtain in improving your Chinese language foundation. With number and time under your belt, you are well on your way to conquering many other conversational basics. Also, to arrange all social occasions from first language meetings to business meetings.