Tuesday, December 31, 2019
A Users Guide to Time Phrases in Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese has time-related phrases that clarify when the action in a sentence is happening. These expressions are similar to English terms like, yesterday or the day before yesterday. Here is a list of common time expressions, which we will explore in more detail below: Days today - ä »Å Ã¥ ¤ © - jà «n tià nyesterday - Ã¦Ë ¨Ã¥ ¤ © - zuà ³ tià nthe day before yesterday - åⰠå ¤ © - qià ¡n tià ntomorrow - æËŽå ¤ © - mà ng tià nthe day after tomorrow - Ã¥ ¾Å'Ã¥ ¤ © (trad) /Ã¥ Žå ¤ © (simp) - hà ²u tià n Years this year - ä »Å Ã¥ ¹ ´ - jà «n nià ¡nlast year - åŽ »Ã¥ ¹ ´ - qà ¹ nià ¡ntwo years ago - åⰠå ¹ ´ - qià ¡n nià ¡nnext year - æËŽå ¹ ´ - mà ng nià ¡ntwo years from now - Ã¥ ¾Å'Ã¥ ¹ ´ / Ã¥ Žå ¹ ´ - hà ²u nià ¡n Weeks and Months The prefixes for weeks and months are as follows: this week - éâ¬â¢Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ / è ¿â¢Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ - zhà ¨ gà ¨ xà «ngqà «this month - éâ¬â¢Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦Å"Ë / è ¿â¢Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦Å"Ë - zhà ¨ gà ¨ yuà ¨last week - ä ¸Å Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ / ä ¸Å ä ¸ ªÃ¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ - shà ng gà ¨ xà «ngqà «last month - ä ¸Å Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦Å"Ë / ä ¸Å ä ¸ ªÃ¦Å"Ë - shà ng gà ¨ yuà ¨two weeks ago - ä ¸Å ä ¸Å Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ / ä ¸Å ä ¸Å ä ¸ ªÃ¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ - shà ng shà ng gà ¨ xà «ngqà «two months ago - ä ¸Å ä ¸Å Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦Å"Ë / ä ¸Å ä ¸Å ä ¸ ªÃ¦Å"Ë - shà ng shà ng gà ¨ yuà ¨next week - ä ¸â¹Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ / ä ¸â¹Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ - xià gà ¨ xà «ngqà «next month - ä ¸â¹Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦Å"Ë / ä ¸â¹Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦Å"Ë - xià gà ¨ yuà ¨two weeks from now - ä ¸â¹Ã¤ ¸â¹Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ / ä ¸â¹Ã¤ ¸â¹Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦ËŸæÅ"Ÿ - xià xià gà ¨ xà «ng qà «two months from now - ä ¸â¹Ã¤ ¸â¹Ã¥â¬â¹Ã¦Å"Ë / ä ¸â¹Ã¤ ¸â¹Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦Å"Ë - xià xià gà ¨ yuà ¨ Clarifications The time expressions forà daysà andà yearsà have the same prefixes except for the previous time period: åŽ » (qà ¹) forà last yearà and Ã¦Ë ¨ (zuà ³) forà yesterday.à The time expressions forà yearà can also be used for events which happen every year, such as anniversaries, school years, and vacations. For example: last yearââ¬â¢s spring vacationåŽ »Ã¥ ¹ ´Ã¦Ë ¥Ã¥ â¡qà ¹ nià ¡n chÃ
«n jià This same pattern can be used for events which follow weekly or monthly patterns, such as semesters or seasons: last summer - åŽ »Ã¥ ¹ ´Ã¥ ¤ Ã¥ ¤ © - qà ¹ nià ¡n xià tià n
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