Chinese Characters: tIme expressions

Learned in Dōng Lǎoshī's Intro Mandarin class

Categories: numbers, people, time, food

Parts of speech: verbs, adjectives/adverbs, interrogatives/demonstratives, particles/suffixes/expressions

Additional pages: characters grouped containing similar radicals; HTML entities for pinyin

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jintianjintian jintianjintian jīntiān today
zuotianzuotian zuotianzuotian zuótiān yesterday
mingtianmingtian mingtianmingtian míngtiān tomorrow
xianzaixianzai xianzaixianzai xiànzài now
shihoushihou shihoushihou shíhou time, moment
gangcaigangcai gangcaigangcai gāngcái just now
shijianshijian shijianshijian shíjiān time
bian bian biàn (for action) a time
dian diǎn o'clock
dianzhongdianzhong dianzhongdianzhong diǎnzhōng o'clock
ke ke quarter (of an hour)
fen fen fēn(zhōng) minute
yue yue yuè month
yiyueyiyue yiyue yīyuè January
xingqixingqi xingqixingqi xīngqī week
xingqiyixingqiyixingqiyi xingqiyixingqiyi xīngqīyī Monday
xingqirixingqirixingqiri xingqirixingqirixingqiri xīngqīrì Sunday
zhexingqixingqi zhexingqixingqi zhè xīngqī this week
shangxingqixingqi shangxingqixingqi shàng xīngqī last week
xiaxingqixingqi xiaxingqixingqi xià xīngqī next week
shangwushangwu shangwushangwu shàngwǔ morning
xiawuxiawu xiawuxiawu xiàwǔ afternoon
zhongwuzhongwu zhongwuzhongwu zhōngwǔ noon
xi xi evening
wanshangwanshang wanshangwanshang wǎnshang evening
nian nian nián year
jinnian jinnian jīn nián this year
mingnian mingnian míng nián next year
qunian qu4nian qù nián last year
shu shu shǔ rat
niu niu niú ox, cow
hu hu tiger
tu tu rabbit
long long lóng dragon
she she shé snake
ma ma horse
yang yang yáng sheep
hou hou hóu monkey
ji ji chicken, rooster
gou gou gǒu dog
zhu zhu zhū pig
sui suì year (of age)
suishusuishu suishusuishu suìshu

years (of age)

shu = number

shengrishengri shengrishengri shēngri birthday
hao hao hào day of the month
qian qian qián ago
guo guo guò to spend (time); to celebrate (something)
dong dong dōng winter
changchangchangchang changchangchangchang chángchang often