{"id":8705,"date":"2023-07-01T22:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T14:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=8705"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:46:04","slug":"minutes-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/01\/minutes-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes and Hour in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class=\"brandmark\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span> OneDotDot Chinese<\/div>\n  <div>Grammar \u00b7 HSK 2<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<header class=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"hero-inner\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">Grammar Point \u00b7 <span>HSK 2<\/span><\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"hero-title\"><span class=\"cjk\">Minutes and Hours \u2014<\/span><span class=\"accent\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5206\u9418 f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5206\u949f f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9418\u982d zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u949f\u5934 zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n    <p class=\"hero-sub\">Knowing what time it is isn&#8217;t the same as knowing how long something takes. Chinese has separate words for each.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main>\n  <div class=\"lede-row\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lede-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Minutes-and-Hour-in-Chinese-xiaoshi-fenzhong.png\" alt=\"Minutes and Hours in Chinese\">\n    <p class=\"lede\">In Chinese, the words used to express durations in minutes (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5206\u9418 f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5206\u949f f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span>) and hours (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span>) are not the same as the words used to indicate specific points in time for minutes (\u5206 f\u0113n) and hours (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede di\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9 di\u01cen<\/span>).<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1Point_in_Time_vs_Length_of_Time\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">1<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Point in Time vs. Length of Time<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Chinese uses different words for <strong>a point in time<\/strong> (&#8220;at 3:20&#8221;) and <strong>a length of time<\/strong> (&#8220;for 20 minutes&#8221;). They also go in different places in the sentence: a time word goes <strong>before<\/strong> the verb, but a duration word comes <strong>after<\/strong> the verb. (One exception that isn&#8217;t really an exception: a duration followed by <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f8c h\u00f2u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540e h\u00f2u<\/span> \u2014 &#8220;in 3 minutes&#8221; \u2014 becomes a point in time. More on that in Section 2.)<\/p>\n  <div class=\"table-wrap\">\n    <table class=\"compare-table\">\n      <thead><tr><th><\/th><th>Point in Time<\/th><th>Length of Time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n      <tbody>\n      <tr><td>Minutes<\/td><td>\u5206 f\u0113n<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5206\u9418 f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5206\u949f f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Hours<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede di\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9 di\u01cen<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span> \/ <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9418\u982d zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u949f\u5934 zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Position<\/td><td>before the verb<\/td><td>after the verb<\/td><\/tr>\n      <\/tbody>\n    <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"struct\">Subject + Time Point + Verb<\/div>\n  <div class=\"struct\">Subject + Verb + Duration<\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex-list\">\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761\u89ba<\/span><rt>shu\u00ecji\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761\u89c9<\/span><rt>shu\u00ecji\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">I go to bed at 11 o&#8217;clock.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">I slept for eight hours.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2Number_%E5%88%86%E9%90%98_fenzhong%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F_fenzhong\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">2<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Number + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5206\u9418 f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5206\u949f f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <div class=\"ex-list\">\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">20<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">20<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">20 minutes<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5802<\/span><rt>t\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ab2<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">90<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5802<\/span><rt>t\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bfe<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">90<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">One class is 90 minutes long.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">3<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f8c<\/span><rt>h\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">3<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540e<\/span><rt>h\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">I will arrive in 3 minutes.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9084<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5dee<\/span><rt>ch\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">5<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">9<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">20<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd8<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5dee<\/span><rt>ch\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">5<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">9<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">20<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">In 5 more minutes it will be 9:20.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout point\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">Duration + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f8c h\u00f2u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540e h\u00f2u<\/span> = a Point in Time<\/div>\n    <p>In <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u62113\u5206\u9418\u5f8c\u5230 w\u01d2 s\u0101n f\u0113nzh\u014dng h\u00f2u d\u00e0o<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u62113\u5206\u949f\u540e\u5230 w\u01d2 s\u0101n f\u0113nzh\u014dng h\u00f2u d\u00e0o<\/span>, the phrase <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">3\u5206\u9418\u5f8c s\u0101n f\u0113nzh\u014dng h\u00f2u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">3\u5206\u949f\u540e s\u0101n f\u0113nzh\u014dng h\u00f2u<\/span> doesn&#8217;t tell you how long the arriving lasts. It means &#8220;3 minutes from now,&#8221; which is a <strong>moment<\/strong> in time. That makes it a time word, so it goes <strong>before<\/strong> the verb.<\/p>\n    <p>Compare: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6211\u7b49\u4e863\u5206\u9418 w\u01d2 d\u011bng le s\u0101n f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6211\u7b49\u4e863\u5206\u949f w\u01d2 d\u011bng le s\u0101n f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span> (&#8220;I waited <strong>for<\/strong> 3 minutes&#8221;) is a real duration, so it comes after the verb. The same goes for \u524d qi\u00e1n (&#8220;ago&#8221;): <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">3\u5206\u9418\u524d s\u0101n f\u0113nzh\u014dng qi\u00e1n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">3\u5206\u949f\u524d s\u0101n f\u0113nzh\u014dng qi\u00e1n<\/span> is also a point in time.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout point\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">Key Point<\/div>\n    <p>The last example uses both words: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">5\u5206\u9418 w\u01d4 f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">5\u5206\u949f w\u01d4 f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span> is how long, and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">9\u9ede20\u5206 ji\u01d4 di\u01cen \u00e8rsh\u00ed f\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">9\u70b920\u5206 ji\u01d4 di\u01cen \u00e8rsh\u00ed f\u0113n<\/span> is the moment on the clock.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3Number_%E5%80%8B_ge%E4%B8%AA_ge_%E5%B0%8F%E6%99%82_xiaoshi%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6_xiaoshi\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">3<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Number + (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u500b ge<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e2a ge<\/span>) + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>This term is commonly used in both Taiwan and China to indicate a duration of time or measure the length of an activity. It can be used with or without the measure word <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u500b ge<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e2a ge<\/span>.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex-list\">\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">three hours<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">5<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">5<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">five and a half hours<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">24<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00eds\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4fbf\u5229\u5546\u5e97<\/span><rt>bi\u00e0nl\u00ec sh\u0101ngdi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">24<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00eds\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4fbf\u5229\u5e97<\/span><rt>bi\u00e0nl\u00ecdi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">Taiwan has many 24-hour convenience stores.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6642\u8fb0<\/span><rt>sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65f6\u8fb0<\/span><rt>sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">Two hours make up one <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6642\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65f6\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span> in the traditional Chinese system.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout point\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">Key Point<\/div>\n    <p>\u534a b\u00e0n (&#8220;half&#8221;) goes <strong>after<\/strong> <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u500b ge<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e2a ge<\/span>: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">5\u500b\u534a\u5c0f\u6642 w\u01d4 ge b\u00e0n xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">5\u4e2a\u534a\u5c0f\u65f6 w\u01d4 ge b\u00e0n xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span> is &#8220;five and a half hours.&#8221; Half an hour on its own is <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u534a\u500b\u5c0f\u6642 b\u00e0n ge xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u534a\u4e2a\u5c0f\u65f6 b\u00e0n ge xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span>.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">Culture Note: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6642\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65f6\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span><\/div>\n    <p>The term <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6642\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65f6\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span> refers to the traditional Chinese system of dividing a day into twelve two-hour periods, each associated with an animal sign from the Chinese zodiac. It is commonly used in astrology, fortune-telling, and various cultural practices in Chinese tradition.<\/p>\n    <p>Each <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6642\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65f6\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span> is believed to have its own characteristics and influences, and the time of one&#8217;s birth is thought to affect personality and destiny. Many people believe that by knowing which <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6642\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65f6\u8fb0 sh\u00edch\u00e9n<\/span> you were born in, they can gain insights into your past and future. \ud83d\udd2e\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-4\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4Number_%E5%80%8B_ge%E4%B8%AA_ge_%E9%90%98%E9%A0%AD_zhongtou%E9%92%9F%E5%A4%B4_zhongtou\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">4<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Number + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u500b ge<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e2a ge<\/span> + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9418\u982d zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u949f\u5934 zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9418\u982d zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u949f\u5934 zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span> means the same as <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span>, but it is less commonly used in Taiwan and is more colloquial. Unlike <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span>, it <strong>must<\/strong> be used with the measure word <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u500b ge<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e2a ge<\/span>.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex-list\">\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53ea<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">4<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9418\u982d<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53ea<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">4<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u949f\u5934<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">I only slept for 4 hours yesterday.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5df2\u7d93<\/span><rt>y\u01d0j\u012bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9418\u982d<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5df2\u7ecf<\/span><rt>y\u01d0j\u012bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u949f\u5934<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">She has been studying Chinese for three and a half hours already.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ex\">\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6253\u7b97<\/span><rt>d\u01cesu\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u4e0b<\/span><rt>y\u00edxi\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9418\u982d<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f8c<\/span><rt>h\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6253\u7b97<\/span><rt>d\u01cesu\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u4e0b<\/span><rt>y\u00edxi\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u949f\u5934<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540e<\/span><rt>h\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n      <div class=\"en\">I plan to take a nap and get up in an hour.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">5<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Common Mistakes<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"mrow wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mrow right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">A length of time goes <strong>after<\/strong> the verb, not before it.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"mrow wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5802<\/span><rt>t\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ab2<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e5d\u5341<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5802<\/span><rt>t\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bfe<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e5d\u5341<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mrow right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5802<\/span><rt>t\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ab2<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e5d\u5341<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5802<\/span><rt>t\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bfe<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e5d\u5341<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">\u5206 f\u0113n is a point on the clock. To say how long something lasts, use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5206\u9418 f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5206\u949f f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"mrow wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9418\u982d<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u949f\u5934<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mrow right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9418\u982d<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u949f\u5934<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9418\u982d zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u949f\u5934 zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/span> always needs <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u500b ge<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e2a ge<\/span> in front of it. (With <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u500b ge<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e2a ge<\/span> is optional.)<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 id=\"sec-6\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6Practice\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">6<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Practice<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>Translate each sentence into Chinese, then tap the card to check your answer.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"practice-list\">\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">01<\/span>This restaurant has a 90-minute time limit.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9593<\/span><rt>ji\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u5ef3<\/span><rt>c\u0101nt\u012bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9650\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">90<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u5385<\/span><rt>c\u0101nt\u012bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9650\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">90<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">02<\/span>You were half an hour late.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9072\u5230<\/span><rt>ch\u00edd\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fdf\u5230<\/span><rt>ch\u00edd\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">03<\/span>It takes an hour by car to get from my house to the office.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f9e<\/span><rt>c\u00f3ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5bb6<\/span><rt>w\u01d2ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516c\u53f8<\/span><rt>g\u014dngs\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5750<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">1<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9418\u982d<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8eca<\/span><rt>ch\u0113<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ece<\/span><rt>c\u00f3ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5bb6<\/span><rt>w\u01d2ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516c\u53f8<\/span><rt>g\u014dngs\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5750<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">1<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u949f\u5934<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngt\u00f3u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8f66<\/span><rt>ch\u0113<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">04<\/span>I sleep seven hours every day.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf\u5929<\/span><rt>m\u011biti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e03<\/span><rt>q\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf\u5929<\/span><rt>m\u011biti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e03<\/span><rt>q\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">05<\/span>Wait for me for five minutes.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b49<\/span><rt>d\u011bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b49<\/span><rt>d\u011bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">06<\/span>This movie is two and a half hours long.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90e8<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90e8<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">07<\/span>I&#8217;ll call you in ten minutes.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f8c<\/span><rt>h\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6253<\/span><rt>d\u01ce<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u8a71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nhu\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d66<\/span><rt>g\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540e<\/span><rt>h\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7ed9<\/span><rt>g\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6253<\/span><rt>d\u01ce<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u8bdd<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nhu\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"practice\">\n      <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">08<\/span>He watched TV for three hours.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u8996<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u89c6<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"related-grammar\">\n    <h4>Related Grammar<\/h4>\n    <a class=\"row\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/23\/time-chinese\/\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span><span class=\"title\">Time in Chinese<\/span><span class=\"level\">(HSK 1)<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"row\" 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