早
English meaning
early; morning greeting
Examples and usage
你早上几点来？
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.What time do you come in the morning?
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Stage 3 · Lesson 12
A clock and a study session
Tell the time, name parts of the day and describe short durations.
Lesson vocabulary
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早上
English meaning
early morning
Examples and usage
你早上几点来？
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.What time do you come in the morning?
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上午
English meaning
morning before noon
Examples and usage
上午八点十分来。早吗？
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.I come at eight ten in the morning. Is that early?
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中午
English meaning
noon; midday
Examples and usage
不早。我们学一个小时，中午休息。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.Not early. We study for an hour and rest at noon.
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下午
English meaning
afternoon
Examples and usage
下午还学吗？
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.Do we study in the afternoon too?
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晚上
English meaning
evening; night
Examples and usage
学半天。晚上你可以早点儿睡。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.For half a day. You can go to sleep a little earlier tonight.
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晚
English meaning
late
Examples and usage
学半天。晚上你可以早点儿睡。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.For half a day. You can go to sleep a little earlier tonight.
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白天
English meaning
daytime
Examples and usage
白天，教学楼里有很多人；晚上，人少一些。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.The teaching building has many people by day and fewer at night.
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半天
English meaning
half a day
Examples and usage
学半天。晚上你可以早点儿睡。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.For half a day. You can go to sleep a little earlier tonight.
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半年
English meaning
half a year
Examples and usage
安安在这儿学习半年了，她会看中文时间表。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.An An has studied here for half a year and can read a Chinese timetable.
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小时
English meaning
hour
Examples and usage
不早。我们学一个小时，中午休息。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.Not early. We study for an hour and rest at noon.
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一会儿
English meaning
a little while
Examples and usage
我晚一点儿来，先等我一会儿。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.I will come a little later. Please wait for me a moment.
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点
English meaning
o'clock; point
Examples and usage
你早上几点来？
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.What time do you come in the morning?
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分
English meaning
minute; a subdivision
Examples and usage
上午八点十分来。早吗？
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.I come at eight ten in the morning. Is that early?
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半
English meaning
half
Examples and usage
学半天。晚上你可以早点儿睡。
Example translations are drafts and may need context corrections.For half a day. You can go to sleep a little earlier tonight.
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