Mandarin Lesson 10

每天

měi tiān - every day

每

měi - every, each

天

tiān - day

半

bàn - half

起床

qǐchuáng - to get up

大学

dà xué - college, university

生活

shēnghuó - life

学期

xuéqī - semester

门

mén - measure word for school courses

点

diǎn - o'clock (point on clock, meaure word)

睡觉

shuì jiào - to go to bed, to sleep

就

jiù - as early as, precisely

才

cái - not until, only then

刻

kè - a quarter (of an hour)

分

fēn - minute

然后

rán hòu - then, after that, afterwards

图书馆

tú shū guǎn - library

下午

xiàwǔ - afternoon

喜欢

xǐ huān - to like

打球

dǎ qiú - to play basketball/badminton/tennis/table tennis

球

qiú - ball

写

xiě - to write

信

xìn - letter

电子邮件

diànzǐ yóujiàn - email

地址

dì zhǐ - address

祝

zhù - to wish

年

nián - year

月

yuè - month

日

rì - day

点钟

diǎn zhōng - o'clock

钟头

zhōngtóu - hour (mostly use in spoken form)

小时

xiǎoshí - hour (mostly use in written form)

分钟

fēn zhōng - minute

秒

miǎo - second

过

guò - to pass

差

chà - to lack, be short of

早上

zǎoshang - morning (around 7-9 am)

早

zǎo - early

上午

shàngwǔ - morning (roughly after 9 am)

中午

zhōngwǔ - noon

下午

xiàwǔ - afternoon

晚上

wǎnshang - evening, night

晚

wǎn - late

现在

xiàn zài - now

熬夜

áo yè - to burn the midnight oil