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ESSENTIALS
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           TELLING THE TIME
           What time is it?  䐿➷≯䅈焭
                           xianzai jidian
           It’s nine o’clock  Ử䅈
                           jiudian
           …in the morning  ¤ẙ⏗
                           shangwu
           …in the afternoon  ¤ẚ⏗
                           xiawu
           …in the evening  ¤㛩ẙ
                           wanshang




                 ẏ䅈             ẏ䅈⏐⊕
                 yidian         yidianshifen
                one o’clock    ten past one


                                                W
                ẏ䅈ẏ⋊            ẏ䅈Ἓ⏐
                yidianyike      yidian’ershi    W
               quarter past one  twenty past one




                 ẏ䅈⏙           ẳ䅈⹽ẏ⋊
                yidianban     liangdian cha yike
                half past one  quarter to two




                ẳ䅈⹽⏐⊕            ẳ䅈
              liangdian cha shifen  liangdian
                ten to two      two o’clock




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