Hour and minute

Practise HSK 1 Mandarin Chinese in “Hour and minute”, with Hanzi, pinyin, English translations and key vocabulary.

HSK 1

Dialogue preview

  1. 孙凯: 现在几点？

    xian4 zai4 ji3 dian3

    What time is it now?

  2. 郑梅: 现在三点。

    xian4 zai4 san1 dian3

    It is three o’clock.

  3. 孙凯: 三点几分？

    san1 dian3 ji3 fen1

    Three o’clock and how many minutes?

Key vocabulary

现在 · xiàn zài
now; at present; currently
几点 · jǐ diǎn
what time?
三 · sān
three
点 · diǎn
to touch briefly; to tap
几 · jǐ
how much
分 · fēn
to divide; to separate