Mandarin Learning Basic

Last post, we talk about the some colors in mandarin, now I will talk about the time using in mandarin, for example: morning, afternoon, today, for the future like tomorrow, next week, next year, etc, for the past like yesterday, last month, etc. Ok, let’s start again:

早上 ‘zao(3) shang(4)’ meaning ‘morning’
上午 ‘shang(4) wu(3)’ meaning ‘noon or before the noon’
下午 ‘xia(4) wu(3)’ meaning ‘afternoon’
晚上 ‘wan(3) shang(4)’ meaning ‘night’
午夜 ‘wu(4) ye(4)’ meaning ‘mid night’
前天 ‘qian(2) tian(1)’ meaning ‘day before yesterday’
昨天 ‘zuo(2) tian(1)’ meaning ‘yesterday’
今天 ‘jin(1) tian(1)’ meaning ‘today’
今晚 ‘jin(1) wan(3)’ meaning ‘tonight’
明天 ‘ming(2) tian(1)’ meaning ‘tomorrow’
每天 ‘mei(3) tian(1)’ meaning ‘everyday’
后天 ‘hou(4) tian(1)’ meaning ‘day after tomorrow’
将来 ‘jiang(1) lai(2)’ meaning ‘future’
过去 ‘guo(4) qu(4)’ meaning ‘past’
现在 ‘xian(4) zai(4)’ means ‘present’
上个星期 ‘shang(4) ge(4) xing(1) qi(1)’ means ‘last week’
下个星期 ‘xia(4) ge(4) xing(1) qi(1)’ means ‘next week’
上个月 ‘shang(4) ge(4) yue(4)’ means ‘ last month’
下个月 ‘xia(4) ge(4) yue(4)’ means ‘next month’
去年 ‘qu(4) nian(2)’ means ‘last year’
明年 ‘ming(2) nian(2)’ means ‘next year’
五秒 ‘wu(2) miao(3)’ means ‘five seconds’
五分钟 ‘wu(3) fen(1) zhong(1)’ means ‘five minutes’
半小时 ‘ban(4) xiao(3) shi(2)’ means ‘half hour’

Now you know the basic time using in mandarin, if you want say it in plural, just add the numbers and the correct measure words. Like three months in chinese is ‘三个月’.
Good luck…