Phrases - Asking the Time

好久不見 - ㄏㄠˇㄐㄧㄡˇㄅㄨˊㄐㄧㄢˋ - Long Time No See - Hao3 Jiu3 Bu2 Jian4

不好意思 - ㄅㄨˋㄏㄠˇㄧˋㄙ - Excuse me - Bu4 Hao3 Yi4 Si5

請問 (+ Question) - ㄑㄧㄥˇㄨㄣˋ - Query (intro to a question, polite speech) - Qing3 Wen4

現在 - ㄒㄧㄢˋㄗㄞˋ - Now - Xian4 Zai4

幾點了 - ㄐㄧˇㄅㄧㄢˇㄌㄜ˙ - What time is it? - Ji3 Dian3 Le5


請問現在幾點了 - Now what time is it?



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This Week's Words - Preparing for the TOCFL, Level 1

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This week's words are:

• 啊 - ㄚˇ - ah, an exclamation - a3
• 愛 - ㄞˋ - to love - ai4
• 安靜 - ㄢㄐㄧㄥˋ - to be quiet, calm, peaceful - an1jing4
• 吧 - ㄅㄚ - question particle, implying probability, indicating a request - ba0
• 八 - ㄅㄚ - eight - ba1
• 把 - ㄅㄚˇ - indicating pre-verbal object as thing dealt with by the action - ba3
• 爸爸 - ㄅㄚˋㄅㄚˋ - father - ba4ba4  **in speaking, the second "ba" is said with 1st tone
• 百 - ㄅㄞˇ - hundred - bai3